Items tagged with TB care
WHO #EndTB webinar: TB prevention and care among refugees and other populations in humanitarian settings (post)
The World Health Organization (WHO), the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the U.S. Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC) will host a special #EndTB webinar on 2 March 2022 to launch an interagency field guide on TB prevention and care among refugees and other populations in humanitarian settings.
World TB Day 2022 scientific symposium (post)
On 24 March 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Society of Radiology (ISR) along with the World Federation of Pediatric Imaging (WFPI) will host a special World TB Day 2022 scientific symposium: Updated WHO guidelines on the management of tuberculosis in children and adolescents: the role of chest radiography to mark the release of updated WHO guidance.
Lancet Series: Tuberculosis in the time of COVID-19 (post)
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Pulmonologists advise screening Ukrainian refugees for TB (post)
The German Respiratory Society (DGP) is expecting patients with tuberculosis (TB) to be among the war refugees from Ukraine. "Therefore, it must be ensured that these people continue to be medically treated without any breaks, so that their treatment is successful," said Torsten Bauer, MD, in a press release from the DGP and the German Central Committee Against Tuberculosis (DZK). Bauer is president of the DGP and DZK, as well as chief physician of the Heckeshorn Pulmonary Clinic in Berlin.
Ukraine war likely to cause infection outbreaks that will spread beyond borders (post)
Every day we see stark images of the war in Ukraine — bombed-out buildings, explosions, and bodies lying in the streets. But there's another, less visible war — against the bacteria and viruses that are gathering their forces together. They, too, will infect parts of the population and may spread throughout Europe. Here's what Ukrainians — and their neighbors — are facing on the infectious disease front.
Global Fund Observer special edition on Ukraine: 31 March 2022 (post)
Aidspan published a special issue of the Global Fund Observer, covering aspects of the Ukrainian-Russian conflict and its impact, both domestic and beyond. It particularly focuses on maintaining essential live-saving services for HIV and TB.
TB courses at the McGill Summer Institutes (post)
The McGill Summer Institutes in Global Health announced its 2022 TB summer courses. You can submit your application now! Prices increase after 6 May 2022.
TB patients in Ukraine at risk, some refugee groups to be tested (post)
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has put tuberculosis (TB) patients inside the country at high risk due to the lack of access to treatment, while countries receiving refugees have been advised to screen and test certain groups.
Recently developed drugs for the treatment of drug-resistant TB: a research and development case study (post)
In an article published in the journal BMJ Global Health, authors from the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Access Campaign analyse the development and approval of two newer drugs for treating drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB), bedaquiline and delamanid, in the current pharmaceutical research and development (R&D) paradigm, and the failure of the regulatory approval process to define the drugs’ role in multidrug regimens to improve treatment outcomes.
Chronic bacterial infections associated with an increased risk for ischemic stroke (post)
A significant association was observed between chronic infections caused by Chlamydia pneumoniae, Helicobacter pylori, and Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria and an increased risk for ischemic stroke, according to findings published in New Microbes and New Infections.
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