Items tagged with TB programs
WHO announces the release of ScreenTB - a web-based tool to help countries prioritize action for TB screening and prevention (post)
16 October 2023 | Geneva -- WHO’s Global Tuberculosis Programme is pleased to announce the update and release of ScreenTB (screentb.org) - a web-based tool designed to assist countries in prioritizing risk groups for screening, as well as in developing screening and prevention approaches tailored to country contexts.
WHO Academy e-course: Harnessing the power of routine health facility data: Tuberculosis (post)
The Global Tuberculosis Programme in collaboration with the WHO Academy is pleased to announce the launch of the e-course, Harnessing the power of routine health facility data: Tuberculosis.
Indonesia needs to triple its funding to control TB – here’s where to start (post)
Indonesia is still struggling to fight tuberculosis (TB), with the second-highest number of cases worldwide.
Webinar on sharing experiences on pilot data collection for four WHO Europe indicators (post)
On 24 October 2023, TB Europe Coalition hosted a webinar on sharing experiences on pilot data collection for four World Health Organization (WHO) indicators for the European region to measure the level of engagement of communities and civil society organizations in the national TB responses in the region.
Do we have the most updated country policies to end TB? (post)
1 November, Geneva, Switzerland – The Stop TB Partnership today has launched its 10th edition of the Step Up for TB (SUFT) survey report that summarizes the present policy landscape of 20 high-burden countries (HBC) for tuberculosis (TB).
Assessing uptake of TB preventive treatment in Cameroon and Uganda (post)
The Lancet Global Health journal published two papers on October 30 showing the effectiveness and health economical impact of community-based intervention for household child contact management. Led by the French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD), the CONTACT study for COmmunity iNtervention for Tuberculosis Active Contact Tracing and preventive therapy, was part of the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF)'s CaP-Tuberculosis (TB) Project.
U.S. survey: Almost half of providers skip TB testing for high-risk patients (post)
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TB and inequality: How race, caste, and class impact access to medicines (post)
The elimination of TB cannot be achieved if medicines are locked in a “patent panoply,” according to Indian author and journalist Vidya Kishnan.
Drug resistance, HIV hampering fight against TB in Moldova (post)
The health editor of Euractiv, Giedrė Peseckytė, reported back from a press trip to Moldova organised by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria to explore the challenges that remain in efforts to end the TB epidemic in the country by 2030, as set in the Sustainable Development Goals.
Brazilian study explores TB risk among household contacts (post)
In spite of gains in public health intervention efforts and medicine, tuberculosis continues to burden low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) with higher incidence and mortality rates than wealthier nations.
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