Soroto -- On April 12, journalists in Teso Sub-region received training on the critical issue of Tuberculosis (TB) and HIV co-infections.
Nairobi -- Tuberculosis (TB) remains a global health concern, with 10.6 million people falling ill with the disease worldwide and 1.3 million dying from it by 2022, according to the World Health...
It is interesting to see, from my vantage point in South Africa, the reaction to the slight rise in tuberculosis (TB) cases in the U.S. Overall, TB in the U.S. has declined steadily since the ea...
Brazzaville -- About 70% of tuberculosis (TB) cases in the African region are now being diagnosed and treated, marking the highest case-detection rate in the region ever, thanks to concerted eff...
Mrs Tinubu dedicated the investiture to one of her staff, who she said lost his life to the disease, and to others with similar fate.
Press Release, MRCG at LSHTM
For far too long, TB has been "the forgotten pandemic": killing millions, but attracting a tiny fraction of the attention and resources that have been devoted to COVID-19 or even HIV. Yet now th...
ADDIS ABABA -- Ministry of Health (MoH) disclosed that it has planned to purchase 460 TB testing machines this year.
Detecting tuberculosis early could play a significant role in eradicating the world's most deadly infectious disease. The World Health Organization says 1.5 million people die from this devastat...
Although there has been a significant decline in the incidence of TB in the last decade, it continues to be one of the biggest health issues mainly in developing countries. The World Health Orga...
The AU Commission, under the leadership of the Department of Health, Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development held a commemoration event at the AU Commission HQ under the theme "Yes! We can e...
The authorities should invest more to contain this health emergency
The World Health Organization and partners around the world have celebrated World Tuberculosis Day with the theme, "Yes! We can end TB."
- World Tuberculosis Day was observed today, 24 March, on a national level, with a ceremony organized at Orotta Referral Hospital Hall under the theme "Yes! We Can End Tuberculosis."
Mogadishu -- Somalia said Sunday it's making significant progress to achieve the global goal of eliminating tuberculosis (TB) by 2030 but called for more investments to help sustain the gains.
ZIMBABWE continues to record positive strides in the fight against the deadly Tuberculosis disease with the estimated incidence rate going down from 242 per 100 000 in 2015 to 204 per 100 000 in...
South Africa's ongoing efforts to respond to Tuberculosis (TB) have been strengthened with funding of $94 million for the next five years.
Every year, 10 million people fall ill with tuberculosis. Even though the disease is both preventable and curable, it kills 1.5 million people each year, making it the world's deadliest infectio...
An evaluation report released today by Doctors Without Borders (MSF) charts progress towards decentralizing services for patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) in South Africa's KwaZu...
One hundred and forty-two years after its discovery, Tuberculosis (TB) remains a global public health problem. Despite being preventable and curable, 1.3 million people died from TB in 2022, 424...
In the fight against tuberculosis (TB), we may be on the cusp of an era of remarkable progress. The end of TB may not be here yet, but if the world grabs the momentum we have built in the last t...
Though TB is preventable and treatable, more than 50,000 people died of it in South Africa in 2022
The UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday called for a funding boost in tuberculosis (TB) screening and prevention programmes to protect vulnerable populations and achieve key health goal...