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FG Rolls Out $933m Grant To Fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, Malaria

The pandemic delayed by five to eight years the provision of essential TB services and reducing the global TB burden, said Đinh Văn Lượng, director of the National Lung Hospital and head of the Executive Board of the Việt Nam Tuberculosis Prevention and Control Project.

Author summary Why was this study done? Radical cure with primaquine or recently approved tafenoquine is required to clear the dormant liver parasites of vivax malaria. While single-dose tafenoquine overcomes the barrier of patient adherence to the current 7-day primaquine treatment, it costs more and requires screening for glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency. While the impact of changing policies to tafenoquine after G6PD screening on transmission has been evaluated, the associated costs and cost-effectiveness will be important considerations for policymakers. What did th...

Đinh Văn Lượng, director of the National Lung Hospital and head of the Executive Board of the Việt Nam Tuberculosis Prevention and Control Project talked with local media about Việt Nam’s current tuberculosis prevention situation and international cooperation while the country is maintaining tuberculosis control to achieve the goal of ending the disease by 2035.

The 22nd International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA) is underway in Harare, Zimbabwe. The conference which began yesterday, is...