tuberculosis

DRC among countries with highest increase in tuberculosis cases

Published on: March 26, 2025
16:17

Kinshasa, Mar 26 (Prensa Latina) The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is currently among the countries with the highest increase of tuberculosis (TB) patients in Africa and globally after reporting around 300,000 cases in 2024.

India redefines its strategy against tuberculosis

Published on: March 25, 2025
10:18

New Delhi, Mar 25 (Prensa Latina) India redefined its fight against tuberculosis with a strategy that includes prevention, rapid detection of cases and reduction of mortality due to the disease, the health minister ratified.

Tuberculosis infection found in Uruguayan hospital medical staff

Published on: January 22, 2025
13:56

Montevideo, Jan 22 (Prensa Latina) Staff in the surgical area of the Pasteur Hospital in the Uruguayan capital were infected with tuberculosis, a directive from the Ministry of Public Health (MSP) confirmed.

Warning of possible epidemic in Ecuador’s largest prison

Published on: January 16, 2025
10:15

Quito, Jan 16 (Prensa Latina) The Permanent Committee for the Defense of Human Rights in Ecuador warned today of a possible epidemic of tuberculosis in the Penitenciaría del Litoral, the largest prison in the country, where they estimate that around 500 inmates are ill.

Haitian journalists to contribute to fight against tuberculosis

Published on: December 12, 2024
11:32

Port-au-Prince, Dec 12 (Prensa Latina) A group of journalists will deploy an awareness campaign that will contribute to greater knowledge of diseases such as tuberculosis (TB) and malaria.

India to strengthen tuberculosis health efforts

Published on: December 6, 2024
10:45

New Delhi, Dec 6 (Prensa Latina) Tomorrow India will launch an intensified 100-day campaign to address the challenges of tuberculosis incidence and mortality in the country, the Ministry of Health said.

India tests vaccine against tuberculosis in adults with HIV

Published on: March 26, 2024
00:45

New Delhi, Mar 26 (Prensa Latina) India began clinical trials of a vaccine against tuberculosis by the Spanish biopharmaceutical company Biofabri in adults with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), it was reported here.

WHO launches new ScreenTB to detect and prevent Tuberculosis

Published on: October 16, 2023
16:57

Geneva, Oct 16 (Prensa Latina) WHO’s Global Tuberculosis Program is pleased to announce the update and release of ScreenTB (screentb.org) - a web-based tool designed to assist countries in prioritizing risk groups for screening, as well as in developing screening and prevention approaches tailored to country contexts.

UN analyzes global strategy to end tuberculosis

Published on: September 22, 2023
07:44

United Nations, Sep 21 (Prensa Latina) Global efforts to end tuberculosis will bring together representatives from over a hundred countries at the UN headquarters, in the second High Level Meeting on the fight against the epidemic.

PAHO urges stepped-up efforts against TB in the Americas

Published on: March 24, 2023
18:50

Washington, Mar 24 (Prensa Latina) The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) on Friday called on Latin American nations to urgently expand access to prevention, detection and treatment services to speed up progress towards curbing tuberculosis (TB), one of the world´s mostly deadly infectious diseases.

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