Items tagged with TB programs
TB prevention response in US averts up to 319,000 cases from 1995-2014 (post)
Prevention and control efforts in the United States appear to have averted as many as 318,948 tuberculosis deaths from 1995 to 2014 and could be responsible for an economic societal benefit ranging from $6.7 billion to $14.5 billion for the period, according to modeling analysis data.
Madagascar: The vulnerability to tuberculosis (post)
Despite a major commitment to universal healthcare, the government is heavily reliant on external funding and donors.
South Africa: Government‚ religious leaders join forces to fight scourge of TB (post)
In the run up to the International AIDS Conference‚ taking place in Durban this week‚ Minister of Health Dr Aaron Motsoaledi‚ on Sunday (July 17) launched the National Coalition against TB at the Ethekwini Community Church in the city.
Coping with TB and directly observed treatment: a qualitative study among patients from South India (post)
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Parliamentarians commit to end TB in Zimbabwe at launch of National TB Caucus (post)
Members of Parliament (MPs) from 27 provinces and representing different political parties met in Harare on 13 July to launch the National TB Caucus and commit to end tuberculosis (TB) in Zimbabwe.
Indian parliamentarians discuss the need for united action against TB (post)
New Delhi, Aug 09 - Members of Parliament, representatives from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, USAID, The Union and Civil Society Organisations met on Aug 8 in New Delhi in a consultation to discuss urgent need for united action against TB.
Bangladesh introducing cheaper, shorter MDR-TB treatment course in January (post)
Bangladesh is changing the way the world treats the dangerous form of tuberculosis as the country’s own research has received World Health Organisation’s (WHO) approval.
India: Improving access to DOTS is crucial (post)
If there is already a long delay before TB patients in India start treatment, the Directly Observed Treatment Short-course (DOTS) strategy offered by India’s TB control programme does not make it easy for patients to access and complete the treatment. In contrast, patients who took DOTS from private practitioners faced fewer barriers and were more likely to complete the treatment. The result were published recently in the journal BMC Health Services Research.
India: Private practitioners not fully involved in fight against TB (post)
Nearly 20 years after the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme India (RNTCP) was implemented under guidelines from the World Health Organisation, there continues to be a disconnect between private practitioners and government initiatives.
Number of TB cases in India is double current estimates, says new study (post)
The number of cases of tuberculosis (TB) in India may be up to two to three times higher than current estimates, suggests a new study.
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