Items tagged with TB programs
UKHSA launches long term action plan to reduce tuberculosis in England (post)
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), working with the National Health Service England (NHSE), has launched a 5-year action plan to drive down tuberculosis (TB) cases in England.
TB-free India by 2025: We are befooling ourselves (post)
India has set the target of eradicating TB by 2025 and the Government is avowedly satisfied with the progress made. However, the ground reality is that India remains a top high burden country, where people fight a battle for survival on a daily basis for essential medicines.
Nigeria records gain in fight against TB amidst coronavirus pandemic (post)
Abuja, 21 July, 2021 - Response to the coronavirus pandemic notwithstanding, data indicate that there has been an increase in annual tuberculosis (TB) case notification due to strategic intervention by the National Tuberculosis, Buruli Ulcer and Leprosy Control Program (NTBLCP), in collaboration with World Health Organization (WHO) and other stakeholders working on TB control and elimination in Nigeria.
Covid can make a person more susceptible to TB but no direct link between the two yet, says Centre (post)
The Union health ministry on Saturday said that coronavirus infection could make a person more susceptible to developing tuberculosis, as it was an “opportunistic infection like black fungus”, but added that there was not enough scientific evidence to link the two.
Indonesia, Nigeria: Children at increased risk of TB (post)
The Ministry of Health of Indonesia released TB Care School Guidelines to support the efforts to prevent the TB transmission in schools. For more information, click here.
Wraparound health and social supports for newcomers to Canada is essential for addressing TB and stigma related to health conditions, new report finds (post)
August 4, 2021 – Published today, Tackling TB Stigma, a new comprehensive and community-driven report, shows that taking a wraparound approach to health care for newcomers, including hyper-local strategies to deal with stigma around diseases, is the best way to ensure people can address their health issues as soon as possible, and in comprehensive ways. Tuberculosis (TB), and especially the stigma related to the disease, including stigma based in people’s countries of origin, and stigma that’s pervasive here in Canada. The report is published by Access Alliance Multicultural Health and Community Services, a community health centre in Toronto serving refugee and other newcomer populations in many areas across Canada’s largest city.
Global Fund grants US$37 million to FIND to advance TB prevention and control in India (post)
Investment will optimize access to quality diagnosis, increase private sector engagement, address the burden of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) and catalyse community action towards TB elimination.
Stop TB Partnership applauds the TB Decree signed by Indonesian President Joko Widodo (post)
The Stop TB Partnership applauds the Presidential TB Bill that crowns Indonesia’s commitment to ending the TB epidemic by 2030.
VP Naidu and Speaker Birla chair event to sensitise Parliamentarians on efforts to eliminate TB (post)
Lok Sabha Speaker Shri Om Birla, calling for collective action against TB, emphasized the crucial role played by the Parliament in disseminating the message in a country full of diversity.
MAF-TB booklet (post)
The TB Europe Coalition developed a booklet 'Multisectoral accountability framework to accelerate progress to end TB (MAF-TB). The political will at the national level is the key to fulfilling the global commitments' to support civil society and TB affected communities in understanding the global policy background, objectives, and milestones of the implementation of MAF-TB.
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