Africa: TB Vaccine - WHO Expert Explains Why It's Taken 100 Years for a Scientific Breakthrough, and Why It's Such a Big Deal
[The Conversation Africa] The BCG vaccine for TB has been used for 100 years. It is largely effective for children under five, but less so in older people and can't be used on patients who have certain medical conditions. Today we're the closest we've ever been to discovering a vaccine that might replace or complement it. Charles Shey Wiysonge, the World Health Organization's Regional Adviser for Immunisation, discusses the latest developments in the fight against one of the world's deadliest diseases. (Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis)
Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis - October 31, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Africa Health and Medicine Tuberculosis Source Type: news
South Africa: Life-Saving TB Drug Is Now Cheaper - But Not As Cheap As It Could Be
[GroundUp] Johnson & Johnson has agreed to drop the price of bedaquiline to the South African government by more than 40% (Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis)
Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis - October 30, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Health and Medicine South Africa Southern Africa Tuberculosis Source Type: news
Africa: UN Pledges On TB Met With Caution By Health Community
[SciDev.Net] World leaders must be held to account over renewed commitments to end TB including licensing a new vaccine, the global health community urged following a highly anticipated UN meeting in New York. (Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis)
Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis - October 24, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Africa External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa Sustainable Development Tuberculosis Source Type: news
South Africa: In-Depth - Can Co2 Monitors Help Protect Healthcare Workers From TB?
[spotlight] One of the ways that someone can become infected with tuberculosis (TB) is through airborne transmission - breathing in TB molecules that are exhaled into the air by a person with infectious TB. A way to decrease the risk of this type of transmission is by improving the ventilation or airflow in an enclosed space and diluting the air and TB molecules in the process. Spotlight previously reported on how ventilation can be improved to help reduce the transmission of airborne diseases like COVID-19 and TB. (Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis)
Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis - October 18, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Health and Medicine South Africa Southern Africa Sustainable Development Tuberculosis Source Type: news
South Africa: Hospital Histories - Sizwe, Where Lives Have Been Saved Since Joburg's Earliest Days
[spotlight] How the story of a frustrated TB patient raging at doctors and nurses with a knopkierrie in hand transformed into a story with a happy ending, sums up a TB hospital where infectious diseases have been treated since 1895. (Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis)
Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis - October 18, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Health and Medicine South Africa Southern Africa Sustainable Development Tuberculosis Source Type: news
Africa: Behind Each Climate Disaster Awaits a Tuberculosis Crisis
[IPS] New York -- At the end of September, two weeks after the United Nations held a High-Level Meeting on Tuberculosis (TB), a torrential storm dropped 6" of rain on New York City. The intensity of the storm recalled that of Hurricane Ida two years earlier, which--in the largest city in the United States--damaged more than 3% of buildings, killed 13 people, and left 380 families homeless. (Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis)
Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis - October 16, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Africa Climate Environment External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa Tuberculosis Source Type: news
South Africa: How Does SA Measure Up Against New TB Recommendations?
[spotlight] A new report from the Lancet Commission on Tuberculosis (TB) titled 'Scientific advances and the end of tuberculosis' makes several recommendations for how governments should go about fighting the deadly, but curable, disease. The report was published last week ahead of the second United Nations High-Level Meeting on TB. (Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis)
Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis - October 4, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Governance Health and Medicine South Africa Southern Africa Sustainable Development Tuberculosis Source Type: news
Malawi: Kasungu Records Increase in MDR-TB Cases
[Nyasa Times] Kasungu district has recorded six cases of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in a short period of time. (Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis)
Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis - October 1, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Health and Medicine Malawi Southern Africa Tuberculosis Source Type: news
South Africa: South African Men Are Much More Likely to Die From TB Than Women - Here's Why
[The Conversation Africa] Around the world, men are more likely to get TB and to die from it than women. (Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis)
Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis - September 29, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Health and Medicine South Africa Southern Africa Tuberculosis Women and Gender Source Type: news
Somalia: Somali Minister of Health Addresses UN General Assembly On Global TB Fight
[Shabelle] New York -- Dr. Ali Haji Aden, the Federal Government of Somalia's esteemed Minister of Health and Social Welfare, took center stage on the fringes of the 78th United Nations General Assembly, held in the bustling metropolis of New York City. His impassioned speech resonated through the assembly halls as he addressed the critical issue of the fight against tuberculosis (TB), bringing together international health ministers, experts, and policymakers in a unified effort to combat this deadly disease. (Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis)
Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis - September 26, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: East Africa Governance Health and Medicine Somalia Tuberculosis Source Type: news
Africa: New Global Action Pledge to End TB By 2030
[UN News] Applause rang out in one of the main conference rooms at UN headquarters on Friday as world leaders, civil society representatives and other stakeholders approved a declaration to advance efforts to end tuberculosis (TB) by 2030. (Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis)
Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis - September 26, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Africa External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa Tuberculosis Source Type: news
South Africa: Better Data and Transparency Needed If We Are to Live Up to TB Rhetoric At UN
[spotlight] There is a renewed global commitment to tackle tuberculosis (TB) from global leaders who are meeting in New York today for the United Nations High-Level Meeting on TB. The meeting is the second of its kind which, this year, also had a day dedicated to discussing universal health coverage and another for pandemic preparedness. (Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis)
Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis - September 25, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa Science and Biotechnology South Africa Southern Africa Sustainable Development Tuberculosis Source Type: news
Nigeria: UNGA - Nigeria, Others Approve Declaration to End TB By 2030
[Daily Trust] Nigeria, some UN Member States, civil society representatives and other stakeholders have approved a declaration to advance efforts to end Tuberculosis (TB) by 2030. (Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis)
Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis - September 25, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Health and Medicine Nigeria Tuberculosis West Africa Source Type: news
Malawi: First Lady Shares Malawi's Success in TB Fight in New York
[Nyasa Times] Malawi'S First Lady Monica Chakwera has shared the successes of Malawi in fighting against tuberculosis (TB) in the country during the End Tuberculosis Innovation Summit held alongside the UN General Assembly (UNGA). (Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis)
Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis - September 21, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Health and Medicine Malawi Southern Africa Tuberculosis Source Type: news
South Africa: In-Depth - Why an Eastern Cape TB Hospital Closed and What Comes Next
[spotlight] In 2021, Orsmond TB Hospital in Nelson Mandela Bay closed its doors as a result of its dwindling patient numbers. The Eastern Cape Department of Health decided to repurpose it as a psychiatric facility, but it appears little progress has been made with this transition. (Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis)
Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis - September 14, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Health and Medicine South Africa Southern Africa Sustainable Development Tuberculosis Source Type: news
