Items tagged with TB programs
Pharmacists can help track TB patients in India (post)
Pharmacists can be crucial in helping track undiagnosed tuberculosis (TB) patients in the country as for most sick patients, they are the first point of contact, a new study published in BMJ Global Health has revealed.
Should European countries screen asylum-seeking children for TB? (post)
Many children seeking asylum in the European Union originate from countries where tuberculosis (TB) infection is prevalent. A new research letter in the European Respiratory Journal investigates whether routinely screening those children for TB is an effective way to protect public health and to make sure that children who are affected are treated and well cared for.
Treatment is free, yet 1 in 4 Indian TB patients must sell assets or borrow money (post)
New Delhi: One in four tuberculosis (TB) patients had to sell assets or borrow money--that is, resort to ‘hardship financing’--to pay for their treatment, a new study has shown.
Charity group calls for provision of TB medications to North Korea (post)
SEOUL, May 30 (Yonhap) -- A charity group on Thursday called for the provision of anti-tuberculosis drugs to North Korea, warning that first-line drugs for the disease are expected to run out in the impoverished country by the first half of next year.
A raging TB epidemic in Papua New Guinea threatens to destabilize the entire Asia Pacific (post)
In Papua New Guinea, a TB epidemic threatens to turn into a disaster that could destabilize the Asia Pacific region. Situated about 90 miles from Australia in the Pacific Ocean, the island nation sees more than 100 cases of TB every day.
Transition of TB program in Romania: the role, opportunities and priorities for civil society (post)
35 participants including civil society representatives, CCM members, Global Fund Portfolio Manager, experts from neighboring countries and representatives of the governmental structures gathered in Bucharest on 13 – 14 of June at a workshop to discuss what they can do for a greater sustainability of the country’s responses to the TB and HIV epidemics.
Finding the missing millions affected by tuberculosis is one thing; treating them is another (post)
Of the 10 million people affected and 1·6 million people killed by tuberculosis each year globally, the largest number of these patients—including the largest number of multidrug-resistant cases—are in India. In his seminar, Challenges and opportunities for engaging India's private health sector in tuberculosis care at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (London, UK), Prof Madhukar Pai, head of McGill International Tuberculosis Centre at McGill University (Montreal, QC, Canada), painted a detailed picture of India's tuberculosis health-care landscape.
USAID signs Statement of Partnership with Health Ministry to combat TB in Bangladesh (post)
Dhaka, Tuesday, June 25 –Today, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) committed to deepen their partnership to end Tuberculosis (TB) in Bangladesh. The new Statement of Partnership (SP) establishes a shared framework between the MoHFW and USAID to reduce the incidence of tuberculosis by 2022 through increasing case detection and treatment of all forms of TB. This partnership marks the latest example of USAID’s new model of partnership, the “Global Accelerator to End Tuberculosis,” which aims to catalyze investments and aid countries across the world and meet the UN target of treating 40 million people by 2022. Through their signature, the MoHFW also reaffirmed Bangladesh’s commitment to significantly reduce cases of TB by 2022. At the signing, USAID Mission Director Derrick Brown noted, “Today, by signing the Statement of Partnership, we at USAID recommit ourselves as a close partner of the Bangladesh government, as the country accelerates its efforts to achieve their targets by 2022. Bangladesh needs to detect and treat more than 1.5 million new TB cases over the next five years. USAID Bangladesh will strongly collaborate with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in their mission of identifying, preventing, and treating all undetected forms of TB cases.”
Watch: Free housing for Mumbai slum dwellers comes with a grave TB threat (post)
The Mumbai development plan 2034 promises “one million affordable houses, eight million jobs, several open spaces, and slum rehabilitation projects” to the residents of the city. However, as recent video published by Urban Design Research Institute in Mumbai emphasises, the congested, unhygienic designs of several slum rehabilitation projects constructed so far have exposed residents to severe health risks, including that of tuberculosis.
Over $300 million needed to reduce TB in Nigeria by 2030 (post)
The National Coordinator, National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control Programme, Dr Adebola Lawnson, disclosed in a statement that over $300 million is required to close the funding gap for Tuberculosis (TB) control in Nigeria by 2030.
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