Mozambique: Over 3,000 Patients Under New TB Combined Therapy
[AIM] Maputo -- 3,413 patients across Mozambique are undertaking the new tuberculosis preventive therapy, coupling strong doses of isoniazid (H) and rifapentine (P), to prevent simple and non-contagious cases from worsening and increasing the number of infected people. (Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis)
Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis - September 10, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Ethiopia: U.S. Donates Tuberculosis Testing Machines Worth U.S. $1 Million
[U.S. Embassy Addis Ababa] Addis Ababa -- Today, the United States through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), donated 46 cutting-edge tuberculosis (TB) testing machines - worth $1 million - to the people of Ethiopia. These new machines will reduce the time it takes to diagnose TB across the country from two days to two hours. These new machines are called GeneXpert Tuberculosis Diagnostic Machines and were handed over by U.S. Ambassador to Ethiopia, Geeta Pasi, to the honorable Minister of Health, Dr. Lia Tadesse, at t (Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis)
Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis - September 10, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Namibia: Avoiding Tuberculosis in Cattle
[New Era] Tuberculosis (TB) can occur in many animals (cattle, sheep, goats, chickens, pigs, dogs, and wildlife such as lions, baboons and buffaloes), but this article focuses mainly on TB in cattle, which is termed bovine TB. Bovine TB is not only sometimes fatal, but also contagious, and it can spread to other livestock. (Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis)
Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis - September 7, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
East Africa: Many East Africans Miss Out On Disease Diagnosis. What Must Be Done About It
[The Conversation Africa] Early diagnosis is crucial for the effective management of any disease. In Africa, this isn't always possible which affects the ability of countries to bring diseases under control. (Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis)
Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis - September 7, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Africa: Lifesaving TB Medicines Still Out of Reach for Children in High-Burden Countries
[MSF] The World Health Organization (WHO) recently released new rapid guidance recommending that children of all ages with drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) have access to all-oral treatment using the drugs bedaquiline and/or delamanid. (Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis)
Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis - September 3, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Africa: Updated Guidance for the Management of TB in Children and Adolescents
[WHO] A rapid communication released by the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Tuberculosis Programme has announced important updates to guidance on the management of tuberculosis (TB) in children and adolescents. This includes new recommendations on diagnostic options, treatment regimens, as well as treatment decision algorithms and optimal models of care for the delivery of child and adolescent TB services. (Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis)
Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis - August 31, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Nigeria: Ondo Records 1106 Cases of Tuberculosis Within Six Months
[Vanguard] Akure -- Over 1106 cases of tuberculosis have been detected within the last six months in Ondo state. (Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis)
Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis - August 26, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Nigeria: Foundation Tasks Stakeholders On Missing TB Cases in Nigeria
[Daily Trust] The Country Director of the KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation Nigeria, Dr. Bethrand Odume has called on stakeholders in the health, sector to increase efforts towards tackling the missed cases of tuberculosis in the country. (Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis)
Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis - August 23, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
South Africa: Women in Health - Young TB Researcher Blazing a Trail
[spotlight] It started with a promise to a little girl called Mary. (Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis)
Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis - August 17, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Sudan: Covid-19 Update Sudan - More Vaccines to Arrive
[Radio Dabanga] Dongola / Port Sudan / Wad Madani -- Nine new COVID-19 cases were confirmed in Sudan's Northern State whilst positive cases decreased in the Red Sea state. Vaccination rates have gone up in the state and the Red Sea state's minister of health confirmed that new doses of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine should arrive in the next few days. (Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis)
Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis - August 13, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Kenya: Concern Over Surging TB Cases in Turkana
[Nation] Turkana County is on high alert over fears of a surge in tuberculosis infections, which officials say could hit 2,500 cases in a year. (Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis)
Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis - August 6, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Malawi: National TB Programme Resumes Support to Drug Resistant TB Patients
[Nyasa Times] The National TB Programme (NTP) has resumed its psychosocial support to the drug resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) patients after a six-month break due to administrative challenges. (Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis)
Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis - August 5, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Zimbabwe: Natpharm Gets Consignment of TB Drugs From MSF
[The Herald] Herald Reporter (Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis)
Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis - July 28, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
South Africa: Important TB Drug As Effective at Lower Dose, Study Finds
[spotlight] The treatment of drug-resistant forms of tuberculosis (DR-TB) has been transformed over the last decade with treatment becoming more effective, safer, and treatment duration in many cases dropping to under a year. Even so, treatment can still come with serious side effects and for some, it can still last over a year and a half and involve taking many different pills every day. (Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis)
Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis - July 26, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Africa: WHO Position Statement On Innovative Clinical Trial Designs for Development of New TB Treatments
[WHO] The World Health Organization is publishing a position statement on Innovative Clinical Trial Designs for Development of New TB Treatments. This document aims to support TB regimen development by highlighting key clinical trial characteristics to help advance novel therapies. It summarises key innovations in TB clinical trial designs, ranging from pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic (PK-PD) modelling and new advances in biomarker development to the value of novel clinical trial design methodologies and post-li (Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis)
Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis - July 26, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
