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Illustrative photo (Source: kinhtedothi.vn)USAID Vietnam Mission Director Ann Marie Yastishock and National Lung Hospital Director Dr. Nguyen Viet Nhung marked the occasion in a ceremony held at the hospital. The donation includes 38 rapid diagnostic machines with 90,000 compatible test kits and 10 digital X-ray devices to be distributed to district health facilities across the country, including in the remote provinces of Nghe An, Lai Chau, An Giang, and Dong Thap, which have high burden of TB ...

Retrospective Cohort Study of Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Tuberculosis Notifications, Vietnam, 2020 - The Maravi Post

COVID-19: Active cases drop as NCDC discharges 215 patients Published The health agency made the announcement on Sunday night via a post on its verified Facebook page. NCDC also confirmed 35 fresh cases of the virus in 5 states and the FCT. The new cases bring the total number of recorded infections so far to 164,719. No fewer than 2,062 persons have died due to complications from the disease while about 154,926 patients have been successfully treated and discharged. The post reads: “35 new c...

STAR PROGRAM DESCRIPTION Sustaining Technical and Analytic Resources (STAR) is a project of the Public Health Institute (PHI) in partnership with the Johns Hopkins University (JHU) and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), supported by the US Agency for International Development (USAID). STAR is a Global Health talent hub. Through fellowships, internships, and strategic partnerships, STAR supports building the capacity of diverse global health professionals and organizations at al...

Press Release STATEMENT OF SENATOR RISA HONTIVEROS ON PREVENTING THE COLLAPSE OF THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM World Health Day 2021 is a somber day for the country as we battle the worst COVID-19 surge in the whole of Southeast Asia. Today, we must act on our hopes of recovery by confronting the truth: Incompetence is killing the Filipino people. The lack of humility of the IATF to acknowledge its shortcomings to this day is why our hospitals are overflowing now. If our healthcare system fully collaps...

6 Apr 2021 The TB Europe Coalition (“TBEC”), non-profit foundation registered in the Netherlands, is pleased to announce a call for expression of interest for expert sociologist for baseline situation assessment using Annex 2 of the Multisectoral accountability framework to accelerate progress to end TB (MAF-TB) in the framework of the implementation of 2 projects: Challenge Facility for Civil Society (CFCS) grant, provided by the Stop TB Partnership, and grant provided by Eurasian Harm Re...

  Yangon –  The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission Director in Myanmar, Ms. Aler Grubbs, introduced the new USAID Local Action Toward Tuberculosis-Free Myanmar project to the Yangon Regional Health Department, development partners and local civil society organizations. Dr. Win Naing, Director, Yangon Regional Health Department, Ministry of Health and Sports opened the event. The new three-year project marks a milestone in the U.S.-Myanmar partnership to preve...

DRUG RESISTANT TB NEXT BIG HEALTH THREAT IN Submitted by admin on Thu, 08/05/2010 - 00:00 PNG Major effort urged to stem tide PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea (PNG Post-Courier, Aug. 5, 2010) – PAPUA New Guinea’s gains in tuberculosis (TB) control over the last decade would be lost unless multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant TB, as well as TB-HIV co-infection are urgently addressed, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned. WHO says countries in the region, inclu...