The new treatment regimen, recommended for patients aged three months to 16 years with non-severe drug-susceptible TB, is ...

Press Release - Ahead of World TB Day, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) calls on all countries and international donors to ...

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

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 ...

India: A recent study conducted in a high-endemic region highlights the role of chest X-rays (CXR) in identifying ...

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

which is nearly impossible for children and the very sick. It’s why millions of people go undiagnosed each year. “TB can be a debilitating illness: The longer it goes undiagnosed, the more delays ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...