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Bring Tuberculosis Out Of The Dark Into Light….
...So said Gerry Elsdon, the very svelte TV broadcaster from South Africa, during the 10th anniversary celebrations of the Global Alliance for TB Drug Development, during the 41st Union World Conference on Lung Health, Berlin, Germany.
47% TB Patients Remain Unreached in Chhattisgarh
Nine out of eighteen districts are inhabited by tribal population. Poverty further exacerbates the situation denying access to existing healthcare services including those for TB.
People With Diabetes are 2-3 Fold Higher Risk of Tuberculosis
The risk of mortality is much higher in TB patients who have co-existing diabetes. There are also evidences to suggest that when there is co-existing diabetes it takes longer for the sputum to become negative (for TB) with anti-tubercular treatment
Spotlight on TB-HIV Co-infection at AIDS 2010
It is so nice to see that TB/HIV has been given due importance, focus and limelight in the recently observed IAC of Vienna. There were several oral sessions and poster presentation in the conference to share research, clinical and programmatic exper
Prevent TB: IPT Works, IPT is Safe
In Lesotho, Isoniazid Preventive Therapy (IPT) to prevent latent TB infection from becoming active TB disease, is not available for ordinary citizens but only for health workers. Those people who have latent TB infection have a right to protect them
