Items tagged with TB care
Expert: Alarming increase in TB deaths emerging in COVID’s wake (post)
Worldwide reporting of TB cases declined during the pandemic due to lockdowns, social distancing and COVID’s disruption of the healthcare system. Now, TB experts are bracing for a surge of the disease, which, due to improved diagnostics and treatments, had been targeted for global control within 15 years.
WHO issues Information Note on ensuring continuity of essential TB services for people with or at risk of the disease in Ukraine and refugee-hosting countries (post)
19 May 2022 | Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) is working closely with Ukraine, countries hosting refugees, affected populations and partners to rapidly respond to the humanitarian crisis caused by war and minimize disruptions to the delivery of critical health care services. As part of these overarching efforts, WHO is working to enable access to tuberculosis (TB) care services for all people with or at risk of TB within Ukraine and in refugee-hosting countries.
India: Health ministry initiates community support plans for TB patients (post)
The health ministry is working on an initiative—called Nikshay Mitra— that will allow individuals to adopt Tuberculosis patients and look after their nutritional and medical needs in a bid to break the stigma surrounding the disease in India.
TB patients at increased risk of all-cause mortality even after treatment: ICMR (post)
The studies followed up 4,022 TB patients and 12,243 gender-matched and age-matched controls for their long term survival. Even though TB patients were treated successfully, the long-term follow-up of individuals treated for TB showed that there was an excess of premature deaths among those affected by the disease, the key findings stated.
The IJTLD Clinical Standards for Lung Health (post)
The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (IJTLD) published the first four Clinical Standards for Lung Health.
TB affects more men globally — but women feel more of a social impact (post)
When it comes to tuberculosis (TB), men and boys bear the highest disease burden, accounting for 64% of all TB cases in 2020. But this single statistic does not capture the full impact of the disease.
Smart pill box can help with TB treatment, but it’s not for everyone (post)
Tuberculosis (TB) can be cured, but completing TB treatment can sometimes be difficult. Treatment for drug-susceptible forms of TB takes six months and some of the medicines have side effects. Treatment of drug-resistant TB typically takes more than six months and the risk of side effects is substantially higher.
In-depth: The complex relationship between TB and mental health (post)
Falling ill with TB and all the disruption and stress that goes along with it can take a toll on someone’s mental health, and mental health problems can in turn make someone more vulnerable to TB.
Parliamentarians and civil society align on key issues around TB in Migration (post)
On 28 September 2022, the Global TB Caucus held its third Platform of Experts meeting on the theme of TB in Migration. Growing migration is an overall global trend, but the numbers have spiked in Europe due to the war in Ukraine. Across the board, consistent points of concern for migrants are access to healthcare, follow-through on treatment, and the double stigma they face: as migrants, and as people who may be more vulnerable to TB.
Adults with hepatitis C at increased risk for developing active TB (post)
People with hepatitis C, either treated or untreated, had an increased risk for developing active tuberculosis, according to data published in Clinical Infectious Diseases.
Page 34 of 44 · Total posts: 0
←First 33 34 35 Last→