Items tagged with TB care
Double therapy effective treating TB patients with C. diff (post)
Relapses occurred in only 4 of 14 patients treated with the combination of Metronidazole with Vancomycin.
COPD treatment may increase risk of TB (post)
Fluticasone/salmeterol treatment for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) may be associated with a higher risk of active tuberculosis (TB), according to a study published in BMC Infectious Diseases.
The Medication Adherence Expertise Center and Pill Connect’s smart adherence system help patients with TB take their medication regularly (post)
A pilot trial at The Medication Adherence Expertise Center of the University Medical Center Groningen in the Netherlands is determining whether Pill Connect’s smart bottle system can support patients with tuberculosis (TB) with their medication adherence.
Opinion: Why mental health integration in HIV and TB programs is a win-win (post)
Lack of mental health and psychosocial support for people living with, or at risk of, HIV and tuberculosis, poses huge barriers to their health and well-being, as well as ending these epidemics.
Hyperglycemia unresolved in 50% of TB patients posttreatment (post)
More than half of tuberculosis (TB) patients with newly diagnosed hyperglycemia at TB treatment initiation have unresolved hyperglycemia at the end of their follow-up period, according to data from a meta-analysis published in BMC Infectious Diseases. Findings suggest a need for diabetes mellitus (DM) screening at more frequent intervals during TB treatment.
Webinar: Demanding a higher standard of TB care in EECA (post)
On Thursday, April 1, 2021, at 8:00 AM EDT / 2:00 PM CEST, Treatment Action Group (TAG) and TB Europe Coalition (TBEC) will co-host a webinar, “Demanding a Higher Standard of TB Care in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA).”
Stop TB Partnership: Virtual Innovation Spotlights (post)
In order to support country programmes, healthcare providers, communities, people affected by TB, and partners during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Stop TB Partnership’s External Affairs & Strategic Initiatives team, as part of its Re-imagining TB Care initiative, is organizing a series of Virtual Innovation Spotlights to present and share various digital and health technologies that can be used to:
TB deaths among people living with HIV are declining globally, but worrying gaps in TB care persist (post)
Globally, the number of people living with HIV who died from tuberculosis (TB), a curable and preventable disease, has fallen from almost 600 000 deaths in 2010 to just over 200 000 in 2019, a fall of 63%. In 2016, a global target was set by the United Nations to reduce TB deaths among people living with HIV by 75% between 2010 and 2020. Nine countries (Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, India, Malawi, South Africa, Sudan, Thailand and Togo) achieved or exceeded the global target by the end of 2019, one year ahead of schedule.
Webinar: Demanding a higher standard of TB care in EECA - materials now available online (post)
On 1 April 2021, Treatment Action Group (TAG) and the TB Europe Coalition co-hosted a webinar, Demanding a higher standard of TB care in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA). The webinar marked the launch of TAG’s TB Activist’s Guides recently translated to Russian and featured speakers who discussed policy gaps and advocacy strategies for activists to demand access to the highest standard of care for TB diagnosis, treatment, and prevention in EECA.
HIV and TB patients face new barriers to accessing services in COVID-19 era (post)
In the past year, across all non-COVID conditions, routine health care has changed. GPs feel that acute care has been compromised due to their own changed focus, and because patients consult less frequently for non-COVID conditions.
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