Items tagged with TB programs
Nigeria to expand diagnosis and treatment of TB (post)
As part of its bold step in finding missing Tuberculosis (TB) cases, the National Tuberculosis, Leprosy and Buruli-Ulcer Control Programme (NTBLCP) of the Federal Ministry of Health is rapidly expanding TB diagnostics and treatment services to move sites across the country.
TB control in Pakistan (post)
A two-part series published in Daily Times reflects on the national TB response in Pakistan.
Call for case studies and good practices on action on TB and comorbidities (post)
In 2019 the World Health Organization (WHO) will be developing a Framework for Action on TB and Comorbidities within the context of universal health coverage. Comorbidities addressed will include diabetes, mental illness, harmful use of drugs and alcohol, undernutrition, chronic respiratory diseases and lung cancer.
TB killed Shreya Tripathi, but her death could have been avoided (post)
India's health ministry wanted to distribute a life saving TB drug only to patients in big cities. A girl from Patna fought the government and won, but it was too late for her.
South Africa: World first programme to combat drug-resistant TB (post)
A groundbreaking new programme called BEAT Tuberculosis was launched in Port Elizabeth on March 27.
Accelerating action to end the TB and HIV epidemics in the Western Pacific Region (post)
The WHO Regional Office of the Western Pacific Region organised a ‘Joint TB and HIV programme managers meeting' to bring together key stakeholders to accelerate action to end the dual epidemics of TB and HIV in the region.
TB-Free Pakistan Initiative launched (post)
ISLAMABAD: Terming tuberculosis an infectious disease with the largest body count in the country, the federal Health minister on Wednesday (April 3) said that the government is launching the ‘Tuberculosis-Free Pakistan Initiative’ to eradicate the disease.
‘The ticking time bomb’: A doctor on whether TB can be eliminated from India (post)
"TB exists on an epic scale in India and stubbornly remains our most pressing public health problem—infecting nearly 300 million people, and killing two every three minutes. Unfortunately, this grim statistic has not changed over several decades,” says Dr Zarir Udwadia.
Cordaid post addresses TB in DRC (post)
A post by Cordaid discusses how the organization addresses TB in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the need to “boost the global campaign to end TB” through increased case detection, diagnosis, and treatment, as well as increased national and international funding.
TB news from India (post)
The state of the national TB response in India.
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