KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | Health workers and human rights defenders have committed to expanding the use of new digital tools to improve access to treatment and information about Tuberculosis (TB) infections within communities. The Association of Persons with Disabilities Living with HIV (ADIPHA-Uganda), a non-governmental organization in the Greater …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Tuberculosis experts have expressed the need for a robust post-TB and lung disease rehabilitation program to reduce the disease burden. Mudashiru Bbuye, a research fellow from Makerere University Lung Institute, revealed that according to their research over 30 percent of the post TB patients develop …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Experts convened in a two-day Tuberculosis and Leprosy Summit in Kampala to address the challenges posed by these diseases and develop effective solutions. Dr. Charles Olaro, the Director of Clinical Services at the Ministry of Health, emphasized the urgency of combating tuberculosis (TB), noting that …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Tuberculosis (TB) is a preventable and curable disease. Half of the world’s 30 highest TB burden countries are in Africa. In many of these countries, TB is the leading cause of death across age groups, but especially among children. Globally, TB is the leading cause …
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Johannesburg, South Africa | Xinhua | Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the leading causes of ill health and death in South Africa, the country’s Deputy President Paul Mashatile said Friday during the 2023 World TB Day commemoration. “This is exacerbated by the fact that some TB patients do not complete their treatment …
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Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Amuru district health department has registered 174 new cases of tuberculosis-TB. Geoffrey Ocan, the district health secretary told URN that the cases were registered during a community screening testing and treatment exercise, conducted in September and October this year. Ocan explained that over 1,543 samples …
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Call to Action on Financing for Tuberculosis Response to tackle the second leading cause of death from infectious diseases Jakarta, Indonesia | Xinhua | Health ministers of the Group of 20 (G20) members launched a “Call to Action on Financing for Tuberculosis Response” to tackle the second leading cause of death …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has launched a new campaign in which they will use Village Health Teams (VHTs) to look for people with symptoms of Tuberculosis (TB) and link them to care. The campaign which starts this month, according to Dr. Patrick Tusiime, the Commissioner …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Experts at the 72nd session of the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Committee for Africa in Lomé, Togo on Wednesday expressed concern over the double burden of childhood tuberculosis and malnutrition. According to WHO, 19 percent of children battling tuberculosis in Africa are at the same …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sixty Ugandans being treated for multi-drug resistant tuberculosis have recently succumbed to the disease. Medical doctors say the number is too high since the globally allowed figure is 5 percent of all detected cases. Annually, an estimated 1,500 cases of MDRTB are registered in …
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