Global efforts to control tuberculosis have failed and radical new approaches are needed, experts said Wednesday. With more than 9 million people infected last year, including 2 million deaths, ...

The U.S. Government is the leading bilateral donor for global tuberculosis (TB) control. Over the past 13 years, USAID has invested more than US$1.6 billion to support national TB programs in 28 ...

The TB bug has been around for a very long time and is unlikely to change, however farming practice has radically changed since the abolition of milk quotas. Fintan Graham MRCVS gives his views.

Directly observed therapy — where a health professional watches someone take a medication — has been the standard of care for tuberculosis treatment in the United States since 2016. Now DOT, as it’s ...

“The intention to screen is the intention to treat.” The most important statement of most tuberculosis (TB) control strategies! Of all population groups, the above statement is most relevant to older ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about global health, infectious diseases, and equity This article is more than 5 years old. A pulmonary specialist with a ...

Bangladesh's National Tuberculosis Control Program (NTP) teeters on the brink of collapse as Global Fund support ends ...

A significant number of Tuberculosis (TB) cases go undetected due to the limited sensitivity of smear microscopy, the most common diagnostic test for TB in India.

Alexander Trusov ( [email protected]) is senior director, tuberculosis (TB) portfolio, at Project HOPE in Millwood, Virginia. Jamilya Ismoilova is the Project HOPE country representative for ...

The Department of Health and Environmental Control is recognizing March 24 as World Tuberculosis Day to increase awareness of prevention methods for the disease. Tuberculosis (TB) was responsible for ...

SIGNIFICANT progress has been made in TB diagnostics in the past decade as countries in the African region embrace new ...

The standard regimens to treat tuberculosis are inadequate in countries with high rates of multi-drug resistant TB. In countries with high rates of MDR-TB, patients are nearly twice as likely to fail ...