Items tagged with TB care
Adrenal insufficiency relatively common in adults with HIV, TB (post)
The occurrence of adrenal insufficiency was relatively common in patients infected with HIV or TB and predicted by nonspecific clinical features, including weight loss, myalgia, arthralgia, and abdominal pain.
Post-TB lung disease: A patient's story (post)
Global TB infections are rising, with some patients suffering lung damage long after they are cured. There are also new strains of drug-resistant TB.
IL-17, IL-23 inhibitors may not reactivate TB in patients with psoriasis (post)
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TB-COVID co-infections increasingly common, tied to worse outcomes, data show (post)
A new meta-analysis of 17 studies reveals that tuberculosis (TB) and COVID-19 co-infection are becoming increasingly prevalent around the world, with death rates gradually declining but remaining higher than COVID-19 infection alone. The study was published yesterday in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases.
Delphi survey on offering non-TB services for people with TB and their household contacts (post)
Members of the TB expert community (including civil society, affected community, doctors, nurses, researchers, policymakers, etc.) are invited to take part in the second round of a Delphi survey, led by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, exploring the opportunities and value of offering non-TB services for people with TB and their household contacts.
Ukraine: Another cost of war: Spread of tuberculosis (post with simple image)
DONETSK, Ukraine – While Russia’s war against Ukraine has claimed more than 1,000 lives since April, in addition to at least 363 servicemen, there are other casualties that aren’t getting as much attention.
Stop TB Partnership publication: Improving tuberculosis case detection (post with simple image)
A compendium of TB REACH case studies, lessons learned and a monitoring and evaluation framework.
India: The hidden costs of free care (post with simple image)
An oft-repeated fact about healthcare services provided by the public sector in India is that they are “free”. This leads to the belief that free diagnosis and treatment eventually mean little or no spending on health by the poor and, consequently, this drastically reduces health-related expenses for them.
Key advocacy fact sheets on TB in Europe released in English and Russian (post with simple image)
The three new fact sheets on “Ambulatory TB care”, “Integrated TB/HIV care” and “Engaging civil society and affected communities in the fight against TB” aim to share best practices from the European region on the three topics.
MSF: Innovating to fight tuberculosis in Papua New Guinea (post with simple image)
Tuberculosis (TB) prevalence in Papua New Guinea (PNG) is among the highest in the world, 541 cases/100,000 population/year, with some pockets reported to be three times higher, prompting Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) to respond and reach the most affected communities.
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