Items tagged with TB care
World Lung Day 2023: Free online course (post)
To mark this year's World Lung Day (September 25), the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union) offered a free online course, Prevent TB: Management of TB infection (Part I & II).
Why India must differentiate between normal and high-risk TB patients (post)
During the January-March 2023 quarter, that is, after a year’s implementation of TN-KET project in Tamil Nadu, India nine out of 30 TB districts showed at least 20-30% TB death rate reduction among patients diagnosed when compared to the baseline. An article, published in IndiaSpend, discusses what differentiated TB care means and why it is essential to be implemented as part of the national TB program in India.
WHO webinar: Launch of Operational handbook on TB and comorbidities: mental health (post)
The World Health Organization (WHO) will host a webinar on 3 November 2023 to launch an operational handbook and an e-course on TB and mental health conditions.
World Diabetes Day 2023: Equitable access to care for people with TB and diabetes (post)
13 November 2023 | Geneva -- In advance of the World Diabetes Day, which is marked on November 14, WHO is highlighting the need for equitable access to essential care for people affected by diabetes and tuberculosis (TB). Equitable access to care is essential to ending TB, as highlighted in WHO’s End TB Strategy and reinforced in the political declarations of the United Nations high-level meetings on the fight against TB in 2018 and 2023. According to the 2023 WHO Global TB Report, diabetes is one of the key determinants of TB, with just under 400,000 TB episodes attributable to diabetes worldwide. People with diabetes are at higher risk of developing TB and are more likely to experience poor TB treatment outcomes, including death. This emphasises the need for ensuring access to comprehensive care for people affected by both diabetes and TB.
WHO launches new e-course on the management of TB in children and adolescents (post)
On World Children’s Day, that commemorates the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, WHO is announcing the launch of a new e-course on the management of tuberculosis in children and adolescents. The course will contribute towards ensuring universal access to TB prevention and care for children and adolescents.
Lung problems persist in most adolescents even after TB treatment (post)
Two out of three adolescents diagnosed with pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) experience lung abnormalities even after successfully completing treatment for this disease.
Active case finding for TB must be paired with effective follow-up care, Cochrane Review finds (post)
Door-to-door tuberculosis (TB) screening and contact tracing can improve diagnosis rates, but must be paired with effective follow-up care to be successful, a new Cochrane Review has found.
Study finds association between TB infection and increased risk of various cancers (post)
A population-wide observational study to be presented at this year's European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID 2024) in Barcelona, Spain (27-30 April) shows an association between tuberculosis (TB) and cancer, with those with current or previous TB more likely to have a diagnosis of a variety of cancers, including lung, blood, gynecological and colorectal cancers.
TB can have a lasting impact on the lung health of successfully treated individuals (post)
New research being presented at this year's ESCMID Global Congress (formerly ECCMID) in Barcelona, Spain (27–30 April) has found compelling evidence that tuberculosis (TB) can have a lasting impact on the lungs of individuals who have been successfully treated for the disease.
Putting people at the centre of care is the surest path towards eradicating TB (post)
Aside from addressing stigma and improving detection, perhaps most important is recognising that TB is both a social and an economic disease.
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