Tag: tuberculosis
TB top cause of death among people with HIV – DOH
The Philippines’ Department of Health (DOH) recently reported that one in five deaths among people living with human immunodeficiency virus (PLHIV) is caused by tuberculosis (TB). The agency said TB remains the leading cause of death among PLHIV but stressed […]
World Leaders Unite to Eradicate TB
At the recent United Nations (UN) General Assembly’s high-level meeting on tuberculosis (TB), world leaders have unanimously endorsed a transformative Political Declaration outlining ambitious targets over the next five years to accelerate efforts to eliminate the global TB epidemic. These […]
Thailand makes moves vs TB with vax, screening technology development
Tuberculosis (TB), one of the world’s worst contagious illnesses, affects thousands of people each day and kills thousands more. Thailand, which was previously one of the world’s TB high burden countries, with an expected TB incidence of 150 per 100,000 […]
Effective blood test for childhood tuberculosis in the works
Scientists at New Orleans’ Tulane University, US, have devised a blood test that checks for tuberculosis (TB) in young children – the test is claimed to detect the presence of mycobacterium tuberculosis microbesup to a year before the disease itself […]
