Items tagged with TB programs

Webinar: WHO review of National TB Programs (post)

On 22 April 2021, the TB Europe Coalition in partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe, invites civil society and TB-affected community from Eastern Europe and Central Asia countries to join a capacity building online event 'Exploring practical opportunities for civil society and TB-affected community through WHO National TB Program reviews to improve collaboration and accountability'.

The Lancet Public Health: Open access publications (post)

An unexpected pandemic side effect in Peru: A comeback for TB (post)

COVID-19 has overwhelmed health-care systems and disrupted TB care all over the world. Peru in particular has struggled to secure sufficient personal protective equipment and continue medical services during the pandemic. "Public health systems in most countries have not made adequate adjustments to care for people with TB in the context of COVID... we're going to see the effects of this pandemic for generations." (Carole Mitnick, a professor of global health and social medicine at Harvard Medical School)

XACT III: A trial asking how to take TB tests to the people (post)

South Africa’s First National TB Prevalence Survey (findings of which were published earlier this year) found that in 2018, the country’s tuberculosis burden was substantially higher than previously thought. 

PPM Working Group Mini-Meet (post)

A special Mini-Meet of the Working Group on Public-Private Mix for TB Prevention and Care (PPM Working Group) will be held virtually on 20 May 2021 in an interactive format. The meeting is open to all participants.

Programmatic innovations to address challenges in TB prevention and care during the COVID-19 pandemic (post)

20 May 2021, Geneva | The World Health Organization (WHO) Global TB Programme is pleased to share its first report of country case studies on programmatic innovations that are being implemented to overcome challenges in tuberculosis (TB) prevention and care, created or exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Active TB case-finding in Vietnam (post)

Studying the implementation of public health interventions typically involves the identification of “facilitators” and “barriers”. In the case of active tuberculosis case-finding (also referred to as community-based tuberculosis screening), many studies have documented facilitators and barriers, but only few have explored the “how-to” of capitalizing on facilitators and overcoming barriers to put active case-finding into practice. This new study contributes to filling this gap.

USAID announces $57 million for urgent TB recovery effort in seven countries (post)

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced $57 million will be dedicated to urgently needed tuberculosis (TB) recovery efforts in seven high burden countries: Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, the Philippines, South Africa, Tajikistan, and Ukraine. Alongside COVID-19, TB is the leading infectious disease killer, particularly in low- and middle-income countries, sickening ten million people and taking 1.4 million lives every year. To address the COVID-19 pandemic’s devastating impact on TB services, this assistance will strengthen simultaneous testing for both TB and COVID-19, improve TB diagnosis services, and identify TB cases through contact investigations and community screenings. This commitment represents approximately 19 percent of USAID’s annual TB funding.

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.

Transition to people-centred model of TB care: Role of civil society and affected community (post)

The TB Europe Coalition released a guide to support the National TB Programs implementation in the Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA) region, Transition to people-centred model of TB care: Role of civil society and affected community.