The new treatment regimen, recommended for patients aged three months to 16 years with non-severe drug-susceptible TB, is known as 2HRZE/2HR. It involves a two-month initial phase using four TB drugs, ...

The treatment of TB involves a combination of several antibiotics. These are aimed at reducing the risk of transmission, ...

Documentation in the medical chart of the initiation of any TB treatment regimen in a household ... of follow-up accrued by the children in that age cohort in that year. Data were double entered ...

The United States was the major funder of tuberculosis programs. Now hundreds of thousands of sick patients can’t find tests ...

Once people identified with TB are linked to care in the health center, the household contacts—including children—are investigated for TB. Children are also identified by health centers when ...

The ministry of health says Nigeria has recorded its highest-ever tuberculosis (TB) notification, with over 400,000 cases identified in 2024.

Chest X-rays are used to identify lung abnormalities, while sputum tests may be conducted for older children to detect TB bacteria. A thorough clinical evaluation, including a detailed medical history ...

It is the leading risk factor for tuberculosis. An estimated 1 million children with severe acute malnutrition will lose access to treatment because of the USAID cuts, and refugee camps across the ...

making it extremely difficult for patients under treatment to attend school or work, or take care of children. So it’s expensive and gruelling, to say the least. “Let’s say TB services are ...

This is the goal of the new national guidelines for the treatment of non-severe forms of TB in children, adopted by the Department of Health (DOH) based on recommendations from the World Health ...

TB mortality is largely due to lack of access to prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. Public investment makes the care and tools that fight TB available to everyone who needs them and saves lives.

Of the 758 households of patients treated for MDR-TB in the study period, 556 (73.4%) included at least 1 child, for a total of 1299 child household contacts. Characteristics of the children are ...