Items tagged with TB programs
Canada: Apologies and promises are not enough to end TB in the North (post)
To finally end tuberculosis in Indigenous communities, the federal government needs to take lessons from the Global South and make a major investment.
India: ‘One in 6 women, more than one in 5 men want TB positive status of family member to remain secret’ (post)
Despite being a curable disease, TB can still be a stigmatizing illness, mainly due to people’s ignorance of its causes and transmission, states the NFHS report.
New guidelines and medicines poised to boost TB prevention efforts in South Africa (post)
In their current form, South Africa’s TB preventive therapy (TPT) guidelines are out of step with the World Health Organization (WHO)’s guidance on TPT that recommends the use of new, shorter course TPT regimens, as well as providing TPT to all household contacts of people with TB.
HIV control approaches may not work for TB: lessons from South Africa and Zambia (post)
Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the most deadly infectious diseases. Around 9.9 million people around the world fell ill with the disease in 2020 and an estimated 1.5 million people died.
How Nigeria recorded 50% increase in TB notification in 2021 (post)
Nigeria recorded a 50 per cent increase in annual tuberculosis case notification in 2021, with numbers increasing from 138,591 cases in 2020 to 207,785.
Shorter TB treatment shows promise in Nigeria (post)
-- Nigeria is one of eight countries that accounts for two-thirds of new TB cases
-- A new six-month treatment for TB is being considered for rollout nationwide
-- The WHO-recommended regimen could help combat drug resistance
South Africa: Shorter, simpler DR-TB regimen expected later this year (post)
Work is underway in South Africa to amend the country’s national guidelines for drug-resistant TB to provide a shorter, six-month, all-oral regimen as a new standard of care treatment.
India: Health ministry initiates community support plans for TB patients (post)
The health ministry is working on an initiative—called Nikshay Mitra— that will allow individuals to adopt Tuberculosis patients and look after their nutritional and medical needs in a bid to break the stigma surrounding the disease in India.
Papua New Guinea's fight against TB (post)
Papua New Guinea has one of the highest rates of prevalence for tuberculosis (TB) in the world, with 30,000 new cases reported every year. The situation is so alarming that the government has declared a state of emergency in some provinces.
Cambodia: Minister calls for early TB diagnosis (post)
Minister of Health Mam Bun Heng has instructed health officials at provincial and district hospitals, as well as health centres, to diagnose tuberculosis (TB) as early as possible, particularly in malnourished children, children living with HIV and AIDS, and children with severe pneumonia.
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