According to the latest European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)/World Health Organization (WHO) report on tuberculosis (TB) surveillance and monitoring in Europe, a sharp drop (24%) in reported TB cases between 2019 and 2020 was probably exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, which hindered detection and reporting. Tuberculosis remains one of the world’s deadliest […]
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On World TB day, The WHO calls for increased investments into TB services and research: Release of updated guidance on management of TB in children and adolescents On World TB Day, WHO calls for an urgent investment of resources, support, care and information into the fight against tuberculosis (TB). Although 66 million lives have been […]
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WHO: Global tuberculosis progress at risk: Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries were making steady progress in tackling tuberculosis (TB), with a 9% reduction in incidence seen between 2015 and 2019 and a 14% drop in deaths in the same period. High-level political commitments at global and national levels were delivering results. However, a […]
Between war and fragile health systems, tackling Tuberculosis (TB) in Sudan and South Sudan, MSF share a series of testimonials from some of their patients and medical staff in the region. Years of war and a fragile health system have left many people without access to treatment for chronic infectious diseases such as TB in […]
New blood tests for TB could accelerate diagnosis and save the NHS money, according to new research. Rapid blood tests used by the NHS are unable to rule out tuberculosis (TB) and should be replaced with a new, more accurate test, a study has found. In the largest study to date of rapid TB tests […]
Increasing antibiotic resistance is a global health emergency. According to the World Health Organisation, without urgent, coordinated action, the world is heading towards a ‘post-antibiotic era’ when drugs used routinely to treat infection will be useless. There are already antibiotic resistant strains of the sexually transmitted disease Gonorrhoea and syphilis, which are both caused by […]