Items tagged with TB care

Bangladesh, USAID DR-TB treatment project shows impacts of community-based approach (post)

A project that shifted treatment for drug-resistant tuberculosis from overburdened Bangladesh hospitals to patients’ homes saw time between diagnosis and treatment initiation drop from more than three months to less than a week, reducing risks of the continued spread of the disease, a study reported in Global Health Science and Practice found. In the process, researchers found rates of treatment success climbed from 70 percent in 2011 to 76 percent in 2015, while death rates among patients treated for drug-resistant tuberculosis dropped from 14 percent to 9 percent.

Stories and videos on drug-resistant TB in India (post)

Video monitoring of TB treatment effective in urban and rural areas (post)

Researchers from University of California San Diego School of Medicine, with statewide collaborators, report that patients who recorded videos of themselves taking tuberculosis (TB) medications better adhered to treatment than patients who were observed in-person.  

Smartphones should fuel the next generation of TB care (post)

For people like me who have devoted their entire medical careers to the fight against tuberculosis, there are finally some reasons to be optimistic about the fight against this scourge. This week, tuberculosis experts from 125 countries are gathering in Amsterdam, surrounded by a buzz of optimism that political leaders will finally come through on their commitments to fight the world’s most deadly infectious disease.

Union launches field guide for the management of drug-resistant TB (post)

The Union launched a new technical resource on drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) management during a press conference on DR-TB at the 49^th Union World Conference on Lung Health, in The Hague, The Netherlands today (October 25).

Childhood TB and stigma (post)

A book telling the powerful stories of 13 child tuberculosis (TB) survivors and their families was launched today (October 24) at the 49^th Union World Conference, to raise awareness of childhood TB and stigma.

Nursing Guide for Managing Side Effects to Drug-resistant TB Treatment (post)

Nursing Guide for Managing Side Effects to Drug-resistant TB Treatment is a collaborative project between the Curry International Tuberculosis Center (CITC) and the International Council of Nurses (ICN). The guide was developed by nurses with experience in the clinical care and programmatic management of tuberculosis (TB) and drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) in both high- and low-resource settings.

WHO guidelines address need for physical health management in severe mental illness (post)

WHO has released evidence-based guidelines for managing physical health conditions in adults with severe mental disorders, according to a press release.

'Incompatible with life', TB patients struggle with Modi Government's policy on nutrition (post)

There is a need to move away from the 'germ theory' in treating infectious diseases and start focusing on the patient in a more wholesome manner.

Elevated TB risk in inhaled corticosteroid users (post)

The risk of contracting tuberculosis (TB) is greater in patients who use inhaled corticosteroids (ICSs) or who have used them in the past 3 years, and the risk is even greater in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.