Items tagged with TB programs
India notifies 24.04 lakh TB cases, 79,144 deaths in 2019: Annual report (post)
Around 24.04 lakh TB patients were notified in 2019, registering 14 per cent increase over the previous year while the private sector saw an increase of around 35 per cent with 6.78 lakh tuberculosis patients notified, officials said. Launching the annual report, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan commended the collective efforts of all involved in the task, and said the government was committed to eliminating tuberculosis from the country by 2025, five years ahead of the global target.
COVID-19 casts a shadow over progress on TB (post)
Efforts to contain the COVID-19 pandemic have inadvertently affected tuberculosis (TB) programmes and other aspects of non-COVID healthcare, according to two recent commentaries, published in Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials and Tropical Medicine and Health. The linkages between COVID-19, TB and HIV are most pronounced in sub-Saharan Africa, where TB is the leading cause of death for people with HIV. Nonetheless, the impact has also been felt in the high income setting of the United Kingdom (UK).
India's HIV and TB patients suffer consequences of coronavirus pandemic (post)
For those already battling infectious diseases in India, their suffering is compounded with the devastating impacts of the coronavirus pandemic. Tanika Godbole reports from New Delhi.
Mobile application for detection, notification of TB cases in Nigeria (post)
*Screens 19,000 persons, identifies 1,286 presumptive individuals, enrols 52 confirmed TB cases for therapy
Kenya launches 2 policies to help tackle TB (post)
NAIROBI, June 30 -- Kenya's Ministry of Health on Tuesday launched two policy documents to guide efforts aimed at ending tuberculosis (TB) in the country.
India’s fight against TB in six charts (post)
An article in IndiaSpend presents how India has done in managing TB since 2012 through six charts based on data from India’s annual TB reports and the evaluation of the Joint Monitoring Mission Report 2019.
Indonesia steps up battle against tuberculosis amid COVID-19 pandemic (post)
JAKARTA, July 21 -- Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Tuesday ordered authorities to aggressively trace those infected by mycobacterium tuberculosis and the COVID-19 virus at the same time in a bid to bring down the number of cases.
What is behind programmatic treatment outcome definitions for tuberculosis? (post)
An article published in the European Respiratory Journal reflects on the rationale behind the programmatic TB definitions in management of TB and multidrug-resistant TB.
Researchers are finding ‘missing’ TB patients with new, improved technology (post)
Targeted interventions need to be shifted to patients with minimal TB symptoms in vulnerable communities, South Africa researchers say in a new study.
COVID-19 affects HIV and TB response in South Africa (post)
A comment in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine and an article in Science reflect on the South Africa's COVID-19 response and the way it affects the response to HIV and TB in the country.
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