Items tagged with TB epidemiology
That other epidemic: TB (post)
The Philippines is among high-burden countries that continue to struggle with tuberculosis, a highly infectious but curable disease — and the mobility restrictions brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic has not helped.
TB still South Africa's leading cause of death (post)
A Statistics South Africa report has revealed that TB remained the main leading cause of death in South Africa between 2016 and 2018.
Indonesia, Nigeria: Children at increased risk of TB (post)
The Ministry of Health of Indonesia released TB Care School Guidelines to support the efforts to prevent the TB transmission in schools. For more information, click here.
ECDC: Tuberculosis – Annual epidemiological report for 2019 (post)
In 2019, 29 countries in the European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA) reported a total of 49 752 tuberculosis (TB) cases (9.6 per 100 000 population). The overall TB notification rate in the EU/EEA continued to decline, as did most country-specific TB notification rates. However, the EU/EEA is not on track to reach the goal of ending the TB epidemic by 2030.
Philippines National TB Report 2021 (post)
There was a 57% gap between estimated and notified cases of tuberculosis (TB) in the Philippines in 2020 as TB-related health services were disrupted due to the coronavirus diseases 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and reversed the gains of previous decades, according to the National Tuberculosis Program’s (NTP) 2021 report.
New study casts doubt on the way in which TB is transmitted (post)
In the opening press conference of the 52nd Union World Conference on Lung Health (WCOLH), held virtually on 19-22 October 2021, researchers from the University of Cape Town in South Africa announced results from their study of TB positive people carried out in a specially constructed Respiratory Aerosol Sampling Chamber which suggest that coughing, thought previously to be the main means of spreading TB, might not be the primary driver of TB transmission. Instead, tidal, or regular, breathing may be a far more significant contributor to the aerosolization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterial cause of TB.
Highlights from the 52nd Union World Conference on Lung Health: Official press statements (post)
For the second year in a row, the 52nd Union World Conference on Lung Health was held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic on 19-22 October 2021 under the theme Lung Health for All: Solutions for a New Era. The Union World Conference is world’s largest gathering of clinicians and public health workers, health program managers, policymakers, researchers and advocates working to end the suffering caused by lung disease, with a focus specifically on the challenges faced by low- and lower-middle income populations.
Learning from pandemic will be vital in UK’s fight to eliminate TB after temporary 2020 drop in cases (post)
New data published by the UK Health Security Agency shows reported cases of TB fell in England in 2020, reducing rates from 8.4 per 100,000 in 2019 to 7.3 per 100,000.
Stop TB Partnership: Official side-event at Tokyo Nutrition for Growth Summit 2021 (post)
The Stop TB Partnership will host an official side-event, Undernutrition causes 20% of world’s TB cases. What to do?, at Tokyo Nutrition for Growth Summit 2021 on 6 December 2021.
India has the highest population with household exposure to pulmonary TB (post)
India has the highest population with household exposure to pulmonary tuberculosis (TB), and therefore an increased risk of infection, a new study published in The Lancet November 21, 2021, flagged.
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