SA's TB treatment programs failing
TB cure rates in South Africa have remained stubbornly low - about 60 percent nationally, but less than 50 percent in many districts. A number of studies presented at the national TB conference in Durban this week looked at some of the reasons why South Africa's programme is failing. 7 Jul 2008 08:01
New target for the potential treatment of tuberculosis
Scientists have uncovered a new target for the potential treatment of tuberculosis (TB), finally resolving a long-running debate about how the bacterial cell wall is built. 4 Jul 2008 06:23
New rapid tests for drug-resistant TB in developing countries
The WHO has announced that rapid tests for drug-resistant TB will soon be available in resource-poor countries. 1 Jul 2008 08:49
Kenya: Displacement raises risk of drug-resistant TB
The threat of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) has been heightened by the displacement of an estimated 300,000 people in Kenya's recent political crisis, health workers have said. 3 Apr 2008 07:10
Drug resistant TB patients return to hospital
[Bathandwa Mbola] Most of the 31 Tuberculosis (TB) patients who had run away from a hospital in Port Elizabeth to be with their families over Easter have returned. 27 Mar 2008 13:29
Uganda: Only one third of TB patients cured
Becky Mugisha* had been ill with a hacking cough for three months before she was admitted into one of Kampala's busiest tuberculosis (TB) wards, but she recognised the symptoms long before that. It was her second bout with the disease. 25 Mar 2008 08:53
Global TB - we need to do more, better
The Global Tuberculosis Control 2008, released by WHO, finds that the pace of the progress to control the tuberculosis (TB) epidemic slowed slightly in 2006, the most recent year for which data were available. 19 Mar 2008 08:00
Novel, needle-free TB treatment
A novel aerosol version of the most common tuberculosis (TB) vaccine, administered directly to the lungs as an oral mist, offers significantly better protection against the disease in experiments on animals than a comparable dose of the traditional injected vaccine, researchers report this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 13 Mar 2008 12:31
Cote d'Ivoire: Tuberculosis infections spreading
Tuberculosis (TB) infections in Côte d'Ivoire increased 9 percent between 2006 and 2008, and almost 10 percent of the cases were multi-drug resistant, according to new World Health Organization (WHO) and Ministry of Health data. 5 Mar 2008 06:15
WHO releases report on global scale of drug-resistant TB
Drug-resistant tuberculosis accounts for about one in every 20 new cases of TB diagnosed worldwide, and the number is closer to one in every five cases in some parts of the former Soviet Union, according to a World Health Organization report released Tuesday, the Washington Post reports (Brown, Washington Post, 2/27). 29 Feb 2008 07:46
TB Imbizo to discuss challenges
[Gabi Khumalo] In commemoration of World Tuberculosis (TB) Day, the Gauteng Health Department will host a TB Imbizo, exploring the challenges that affect the provincial TB programme. 18 Feb 2008 06:17
New compounds for treating tuberculosis and malaria
University of Navarra PhD in chemistry researcher, Esther Vicente, has discovered new compounds active for treating tuberculosis and malaria. 25 Jan 2008 06:03
Uganda: HIV/AIDS triggers rise in TB infections
Tuberculosis infection rates in Uganda have increased due to the HIV/AIDS pandemic in the country, but the scarcity of health centres and over-crowding in camps for the displaced are also to blame, officials said. 24 Jan 2008 06:53
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