Few illnesses lay bare the inequities of the modern global health system like tuberculosis. In 2021 alone, the disease killed 1.6 million people worldwide, more than any other infectious illness ...

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A new deadly form of tuberculosis spreading through South Africa has now been found in rich nations in Europe as well as Canada and the United States, the World Health ...

Dr Lucica Ditiu of the Stop TB Partnership in Geneva stressed that the primary concern must be ensuring that everyone, ...

Tom Nyirenda is affiliated with European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership -EDCTP. The World Health Organization’s 2024 Global Tuberculosis report reveals a sobering reality.

A new study by the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) is exploring how mobile phone messaging can improve tuberculosis (TB) treatment adherence in Ethiopia and Liberia, two ...

Aug. 18, 2006 — -- In a rural, impoverished area of South Africa, a scary outbreak is occurring primarily among AIDS patients -- a type of tuberculosis that is extremely drug resistant. Of 53 ...

It has been estimated that 1.7 million people die from Tuberculosis (TB), and more than 10.4 million new cases are reported every year worldwide. The global 'End TB' strategy aims to eliminate the ...

Graeme Hoddinott is a fellow of the African Research Initiative for Scientific Excellence (ARISE) programme. His ARISE research is focused on optimising care for adolescents with tuberculosis. The ...

WASHINGTON, DC (November 2, 2007)—The largely unnoticed collision of the global epidemics of HIV and tuberculosis (TB) has exploded to create a deadly co-epidemic that is rapidly spreading in ...

The global rate of tuberculosis infections has leveled off, public health officials said Thursday, offering a glimmer of hope for the first time since the disease’s spread was declared a global ...