Items tagged with Diagnostics

The Lancet Global Health: Open access TB research publications (post)

AI promising in detecting TB from chest X-rays (post)

Artificial intelligence (AI) software can detect tuberculosis (TB) from chest x-rays at an accuracy level comparable to, or better than, that of the radiologists tested, new research indicates.

Chest X-ray suggesting TB may indicate progression risk even with negative TB test (post)

In individuals with baseline chest x-rays suggestive of TB, progression from negative to positive disease occurred at an annualized rate of 10%.

Chula researchers develop a rapid MTB strip test for TB hoping to spread to community hospitals and reduce the number of patients (post)

Lecturers of the Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Chulalongkorn University have developed MTB Strip Test Kit for TB diagnosis that’s accurate and easy to use, guaranteed by the 2023 Invention Award from the National Research Council of Thailand — Another hope to reduce the spread of tuberculosis in Thailand.

Webinar: Results of consensus process on inclusion of children in TB diagnostics development and evaluation (post)

Over the last year, stakeholders from academia, industry, government, funding agencies, and advocacy groups completed a consensus process on how to include children and adolescents in TB diagnostic development and evaluation.

MSF welcomes passage of World Health Assembly resolution to help increase access to disease testing (post)

NEW YORK/GENEVA, MAY 26, 2023 — The international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) welcomes today’s passage of a resolution at the 76th annual United Nations World Health Assembly to strengthen countries’ diagnostic testing capacity. With almost half of the global population having little or no access to disease testing, this resolution is an essential step towards improving global access to diagnostic tools, said MSF. Increasing access to testing for a variety of diseases is critical as it is necessary in order to put people on the best medical treatments possible.

Achieving universal access to rapid tuberculosis diagnostics (post)

An editorial in BMJ Global Health reflects on the way to achieve universal access to rapid TB diagnostics and universal drug susceptibility testing.

German researchers look to conduct UAE clinical trials on quick TB breath analysers (post)

Researchers will conduct clinical trials in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on a breath analyser that is said to be able to detect tuberculosis (TB) in minutes.

The ABC for a TB Activist: 1/4/6×24 Campaign and supportive diagnostics (post)

On 15 June, 2023, TB Europe Coalition (TBEC) organized a webinar featuring a presentation by Treatment Action Group’s TB Project Officer, David Branigan, on the practical actions advocates can take to promote the adoption and scale up of shorter, safer 1/4/6 regimens for TB prevention and the treatment of drug-sensitive and drug-resistant TB as well as supportive diagnostics. The webinar discusses specific advocacy strategies to ensure these regimens and diagnostics are included in Global Fund proposals as well as in National Strategic Plans, to promote increased availability and access in countries. This webinar is part of the TBEC webinar series: The ABC for a TB Activist.

Eradicating deadly TB with better tests and treatments (post)

Dr Cristina Vilaplana is a medical doctor passionate about helping patients with tuberculosis (TB). Her research could make a difference to a lot of people.