Doctors Without Borders (MSF) evaluated efforts to bring drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) treatment closer to patients in KwaZulu-Natal's King Cetshwayo District (KCD).
Read more »Ahead of World TB Day, the World Health Organization has said while global efforts to combat the disease have saved an estimated 75 million lives since the year 2000, it still ... Read more »
Brisk walking at a speed of four or more kilometres an hour (about 2.5 miles per hour), can reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes, this is according to a study published in the ... Read more »
Tuberculosis (TB) response is bouncing back from disruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. Still, more effort is needed to end the disease, this is according to the World Health ... Read more »
A United States drug manufacturer has taken an important step to open the way to improved access to the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) across Africa, AllA Read more »
Research to establish the various factors for the higher rates of Tuberculosis (TB) and death among men, compared to women in South Africa, has been conducted by Mmamapudi Kubjane, ... Read more »
A new trial in India, called Reducing Activation of Tuberculosis by Improvement of Nutritional Status (RATIONS), aimed to determine the effect of nutritional supplementation on new ... Read more »
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a significant public health challenge in Kenya, affecting around 120,000 people annually and ranking as the fifth leading cause of death, contributing to ... Read more »
The 194 Member States of the World Health Organization are currently negotiating the first pandemic accord. Acknowledging that the world learned many hard lessons from the Covid-19 ... Read more »
A massive and much-anticipated phase 3 trial of an experimental tuberculosis (TB) vaccine is set to proceed after funding for it has been secured from two large philanthropies, < Read more »
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