The package of interventions consisting of pre-test and post-test tuberculosis counselling with conditional cash transfers significantly reduced the risk of unsuccessful tuberculosis patient outcomes, ...

Former India cricketers Deep Dasgupta and Sanjay Manjrekar had contrasting takes on star batter KL Rahul's international career, especially Test cricket. Since his debut in 2015, Rahul has played 58 ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused widespread disruptions to tuberculosis (TB) care and service delivery in 2020, setting back progress in the fight against TB by several years. As newer COVID-19 ...

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Introduction Undernutrition is a major risk factor for tuberculosis (TB), which is estimated to be responsible for 1.9 million TB cases per year globally. The effectiveness of micronutrient ...

The cost of treatment for MDR-TB is estimated to be 10 times that of fully sensitive TB.3 Treatment regimens are complex and prolonged with a high risk of serious adverse drug reactions (ADRs).

Introduction Treatment compliance is considered significant for curing tuberculosis (TB). Digital adherence technologies (DATs) have been recommended for improving treatment compliance and outcomes of ...

Tuberculosis (TB) patients who record themselves taking their medication via an app are more likely to complete treatment than patients who need to travel to in-person appointments. TB authorities ...

Background Relapse continues to place significant burden on patients and tuberculosis (TB) programmes worldwide. We aimed to determine clinical and microbiological factors associated with relapse in ...

Results The intervention increased the sensitivity of TB diagnosis by 19–25% in both countries leading to a 14–20% relative reduction in mortality. Under the intervention, fewer children seeking care ...

For several days in May, they brainstormed ways to limit the fallout from a halt to US funding for the TB Local Network (TB LON), which delivers screening, diagnosis and treatment. “To tackle the ...