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Shorter regimens for tuberculosis preventive treatment: piecing together the global implementation jigsaw

As much as one-quarter of the worlds population has been latently infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, with an increased risk of developing tuberculosis disease at some point during their lifetime, especially among those who are immunocompromised. Therefore, administration of tuberculosis preventive treatment to individuals with M tuberculosis infection is crucial for tuberculosis control. Historically, tuberculosis preventive treatment consisted of daily isoniazid monotherapy for 6 to 9 mo...
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Tuberculosis control: getting back on track in the era of COVID-19

A new report by WHO has laid bare the worrying extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted efforts to combat tuberculosis. At the centre of the 2022 Global Tuberculosis Report are the statistics on case notifications. In 2019, the year before the COVID-19 pandemic was declared, 7·1 million new cases of tuberculosis were reported worldwide. In 2020, this number dropped to 5·8 million, before recovering somewhat to 6·4 million in 2021. WHO is confident that the reduced number of reporte...
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WHO issues rapid communication on updated guidance for the treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis

A rapid communication released by the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Tuberculosis Programme has announced upcoming updates to the guidance on the treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB). These updates include shorter novel 6-month al
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