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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.

This is the first time the number of tuberculosis cases and drug-resistant tuberculosis cases has gone up in a number of years, the World Health Organization said.

The number of tuberculosis cases and deaths in 2021 increased from the previous year as the COVID pandemic disrupted medical services globally, the World Health Organization reported.

A study led by a team at the RI-MUHC suggests that expanding the use of preventive tuberculosis treatments would be economically viable, particularly in low-income countries where there are also many people living with HIV.

The tuberculosis elimination goal in Africa could be realized earlier than the envisaged 2030 deadline once governments, industry and donors commit more resources to support early diagnosis, treatment and vaccine development, international health campaigners said on Wednesday. Lucica Ditiu, the Executive Director of Stop TB Partnership, an international health lobby,…

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WHO Global TB Program is mobilizing youth to end tuberculosis Dec 24 2020 Since the global youth movement, 1+1 youth Initiative was launched on World TB Day 2019, followed by the adoption of the Youth Declaration to End TB at the first-ever Global Youth Townhall on ending TB, there has been significant progress over the past year. The 1+1 Initiative has expanded to include thousands of youth across the world in countries like Bangladesh, Nepal, India, Indonesia, Philippines, and Vietnam. The so...