http://healthdev.net This RSS feed lists posts from HealthDev.net. These posts are sorted by popularity. Showing posts from accross the website. Only posts with the keyword `TB` are shown. en-en http://healthdev.net/site/images/rss.gif http://healthdev.net http://healthdev.net/site/post.php?s=7186 http://healthdev.net/site/post.php?s=7186 Bobby Ramakant (bobby)

World Care Council wrote to Kenya's National TB Programme manager, about the two TB Patients in Kenya being sentenced to 8 months in prison for not taking their tablets as prescribed. World Care Council has sought clarification on this from the National TB Programme Manager in Kenya.

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We need new tools to fight TB. With the currently available over-40-yrs old diagnostic tools, just 61% of TB cases get diagnosed globally AND close to 40% of the cases go undetected...

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Today, 10 years after setting the Millennium Development Goals, many developing countries like Zambia are nowhere near to meeting the goals. One of the challenges is that national governments are not fulfilling the Abuja Declaration of 2001 in which African states made the commitments of allocating 15% of their national budget to the health sector.

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(1.) Tuberculosis (TB) and Poverty: Partners by default; (2.) Fighting TB with community support can transform lives; (3.) Regulatory conference shows the way forward from lessons learnt in the past; (4.) Critical Path to TB Regimen: New hope of life for TB patients; (5.) Why TB matters to women's health?

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In developing countries TB remains the third leading cause of death among women of reproductive age (15-44 years), disproportionately affecting pregnant women and the poor. This calls for immediate action to address the suffering caused by TB and to eliminate the disease as a leading killer of women

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The necessity of involving common citizens in the ongoing battle against TB was discussed at the recently concluded Open Forum 4: Critical Path to TB Regimen: New Hope of Life for TB Patients in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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There is a direct link between TB and poverty. It is indeed a vicious cycle, as one begets the other. The stark reality is that tuberculosis saps the economy of the community, which in turn increases the likelihood of contracting TB.

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