Items tagged with TB programs

Kenya unveils latest innovations to diagnose and treat TB (post)

-- Some of the new tools introduced include eight ultra-portable digital chest X-ray machines that are battery-operated.

-- The machines emit lower doses of radiation and can be packed into backpacks and so easily transported into the field.

Canada needs to implement pandemic preparedness in dealing with TB (post)

The goal to eliminate TB by 2030 can happen if lessons learned from COVID are implemented. This includes investing in health and telemedicine.

WHO consultation on guidance development for conducting TB programme reviews (post)

28 July 2022 | Geneva -- Over 130 participants from countries, civil society, affected communities, partners and the private sector joined a virtual consultation organized by WHO’s Global TB Programme on the development of guidance for conducting reviews of TB programmes.

Community, rights and gender investment packages (post)

The TB Europe Coalition released a brochure aiming to inform the National TB Programs, civil society organizations, TB-affected community, and stakeholders about the three assessment tools in the field of TB developed by the Stop TB Partnership in relation to TB stigma, gender-related and service-related barriers.

How Ukraine prevented HIV, TB outbreaks despite war (post)

Ukraine managed to sustain pre-war HIV and TB rates during its ongoing conflict with Russia due to mobile medical services and outreach. Andriy Klepikov, executive director of Alliance for Public Health, said Ukraine saw no outbreaks in HIV or TB over the past six months of conflict after Russia invaded the country last February 24.

WHO releases updated Guidance for national strategic planning for TB (post)

The World Health Organization (WHO) is releasing new guidance to support national strategic planning for the tuberculosis (TB) response. The guidance encourages the use of a people-centeric focus in the development of national TB strategic plan (NSP). It highlights the importance of government stewardship and ownership, promotes alignment with national health strategy and other health programmes, emphasizes multi stakeholder and multi-sectoral engagement as one of the key steps for multisectoral accountability for TB.

WHO #EndTB webinar: Virtual launch of the Guidance for national strategic planning for TB (post)

The World Health Organization (WHO) will host a webinar on 6 September 2022 to present the updated Guidance for national strategic planning for TB, and share perspectives and experiences from countries, civil society and partners.

South Africa: As testing volumes improve, government outlines TB recovery plan (post)

South Africa’s TB testing numbers have recovered from dramatic COVID-19-related declines in 2020, delegates heard at the opening of the 7^th South African TB Conference, held on 13-16 September 2022 in Durban under the theme 'Working together to get TB control back on track'.

TB action plan for the WHO European Region 2023–2030 (post)

The 72nd session of the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Committee for Europe, held on 12–14 September 2022 in Tel Aviv, Israel, endorsed TB action plan for the WHO European Region 2023–2030, outlining the vision and strategic actions for the region.

Is the future of South Africa’s TB plans locked up in the mysterious minds of teens? (post)

• Researchers struggle to understand how teenagers experience tuberculosis (TB) treatment, and they haven’t done enough to ask, experts at last week’s 7th South African TB Conference, argued. 

• It’s a blind spot that leaves adolescents in the lurch at a time when changes in their immune systems and social lives also make this group more likely to become sick with TB. 

• TB, which is both preventable and treatable, was the leading cause of death for teens (ages 10 to 19) in South Africa between 2008 and 2018.

Fourteen months, seven facilities (in the Eastern Cape, Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal), two types of treatment (hundreds of pills), six months in hospital and two missed years of school.