Items tagged with TB programs
Ghana, Netherlands sign pact to improve TB detection rate (post)
Ghana and The Netherlands have signed an agreement to begin a project aimed at increasing the current low tuberculosis (TB) detection rate in the country.
Fiji plans to eliminate TB by 2020 (post)
The Ministry of Health and Medical Services has partnered with local stakeholders and launched its National TB Strategic Plan to eliminate tuberculosis in the country by 2020.
Mumbai: Hope for multidrug-resistant TB patients (post)
Such patients will be getting treated with bedaquiline drug and their samples have been sent for testing to ensure that they are physically fit to be administered with the drug.
The role of the law in reducing TB transmission in Botswana, South Africa and Zambia (post)
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TB elimination: India can lead the way (post)
June 8, 2016 - As the Prime Minister of India speaks to the US Congress this week, a neglected epidemic threatens India's progress. It's not Ebola or Zika - but rather tuberculosis, an ancient disease that silently kills one Indian every 90 seconds. In one year's time, TB will sicken over 2.2 million Indians, and kill 300,000. Between 2006 and 2014, TB cost the Indian economy a staggering $340 billion. Because TB strikes people in the prime of their lives, it's the 3rd leading cause of healthy years of life lost.
India: Assam first state to launch miracle TB medicine (post)
GUWAHATI, June 6 - Assam has become the first state of the country to launch the miracle drug bedaquiline – the first new medicine for TB in more than 40 years – for treatment of drug-resistant TB.
India: Daily drug TB treatment to begin in September (post)
The government is set to roll out the daily drug treatment for tuberculosis in Mumbai from September this year, replacing the three-times-a-week treatment schedule. The new treatment protocol for drug-sensitive cases — the regular TB cases that react to first line drugs — will be rolled out in five states including Maharashtra. The new protocol will eventually help bring down relapse rates, and in turn the number of drug-resistant TB cases.
Ending Tuberculosis in Afghanistan: working together towards a common goal (post)
Mohammad Razi discusses the fight against TB in Afghanistan and the need to focus on new shorter treatment for MDR-TB through involvement of all healthcare providers
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