Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading infectious killer worldwide, with 10.6 million cases and 1.6 million deaths in 2021 alone. One in five incident TB cases were attributable to malnutrition, more than ...

The immune system remains seriously out-of-whack—in an inflammatory state of overactivation and impaired ...

Directly observed therapy — where a health professional watches someone take a medication — has been the standard of care for tuberculosis treatment in the United States since 2016. Now DOT, as it’s ...

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“The intention to screen is the intention to treat.” The most important statement of most tuberculosis (TB) control strategies! Of all population groups, the above statement is most relevant to older ...

An estimated 25,000 people in Ghana are living with tuberculosis (TB) without being diagnosed, a situation that undermines ...

The chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Control, Hon. Amobi Ogah has said that the House is set to bolster its advocacy for more government ...

Bangladesh's National Tuberculosis Control Program (NTP) teeters on the brink of collapse as Global Fund support ends December 31, hot on the heels of USAID's earlier exit. The funding shortfall risks ...

The House of Representatives has asked the federal government to as a matter of urgency set up a private sector-driven Trust Fund that will mobilize funds for the TB response in Nigeria. The House ...

The Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare says the country has made significant progress in the implementation of the 2018 UN High-Level Meeting (UNHLM) declaration on Tuberculosis (TB) ...