Items tagged with TB programs
WHO: More efforts needed to end TB in Nigeria (post)
World Health Organization (WHO) has urged Nigeria to redouble its efforts at checking the spread of tuberculosis infection in the country.
Malawi on right track in fight against TB (post)
National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Elimination Program (NTLEP) has disclosed that Malawi so far is doing well in the fight against TB.
South Africa: What is government doing to restore TB services? (post)
The COVID-19 pandemic hit South Africa’s TB response early and hard. To mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on TB, South Africa urgently needs to release the national TB Recovery Plan and the Department of Health should urgently implement steps outlined in the TB Recovery Plan to save lives.
India: Naidu urges legislators to ensure gender-sensitive approach to TB eradication (post)
Vice President Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday called on members of parliament and legislative assemblies and gram pradhans to conduct regular review meetings at district and sub-district levels to ensure a gender-sensitive approach to tuberculosis eradication.
‘Fighting TB in South Asia challenge in pandemic times’ (post)
Although the incidents of tuberculosis have decreased in South Asia from 5.4 million cases in 2000 to 3.8 million in 2020, the health experts believe that the still staggering numbers call for effective policies.
Considerations for simultaneous testing of COVID-19 and TB in high-burden countries (post)
In a comment, published in The Lancet Global Health, FIND, the global alliance for diagnostics, described their experinece with two initiatives in India for simultaneous COVID-19 and TB testing, outlining key topics for countries considering the implementation of simultaneous testing.
WHO: Essential health services face continued disruption during COVID-19 pandemic (post)
Geneva, Switzerland, 7 February 2022 – Two years into the pandemic, health systems are still facing significant challenges in providing essential health services. Ongoing disruptions have been reported in over 90% of countries surveyed in the third round of WHO’s Global pulse survey on continuity of essential health services during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tuberculosis: South Africa’s forgotten killer (post)
Sidelined during the COVID-19 pandemic, the country’s deadliest disease has been working under cover.
Ukraine’s ‘model’ TB programme destroyed by war, as global TB response faces ‘disastrous’ funds shortfall (post)
Speaking in her car from an undisclosed location somewhere in war-torn Ukraine, Yana Teerleva, head of TB in the country’s Ministry of Health, lamented the destruction that she is witnessing every day in hospitals and clinics – including the shelling of three huge dispensaries where the country had stockpiled sufficient TB medications for the remainder of 2022.
Russia's war with Ukraine is devastating for Ukraine's war on TB (post)
TB is a big problem in Ukraine. According to the World Health Organization, the country has the fourth highest incidence of the disease in Europe. And it has one of the highest rates of multidrug-resistant TB anywhere in the world. Experts warn that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could spark an upsurge in TB and undo a decade of gains in public health.
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