tuberculosis Archives - News@Media https://news.media.co.za/tag/tuberculosis/ Latest News & Press Releases Fri, 14 Oct 2016 06:04:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://news.media.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/cropped-SA-shines-as-a-prime-conference-destination-32x32.png tuberculosis Archives - News@Media https://news.media.co.za/tag/tuberculosis/ 32 32 WHO report warns global actions and investments to end TB epidemic are falling far short https://news.media.co.za/who-report-warns-global-actions-and-investments-to-end-tb-epidemic-are-falling-far-short/ Fri, 14 Oct 2016 06:04:01 +0000 http://news.media.co.za/?p=5570 New data published by the World Health Organization  (WHO) in its 2016 Global Tuberculosis (TB) Report show that countries need to move much faster to prevent, detect and treat the disease if they are to meet global targets. Governments have agreed on targets to end the TB epidemic both at the World Health Assembly and […]

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]]> Rapid diagnostic test and shorter, cheaper treatment signal new hope for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis patients https://news.media.co.za/rapid-diagnostic-test-and-shorter-cheaper-treatment-signal-new-hope-for-multidrug-resistant-tuberculosis-patients/ Thu, 12 May 2016 10:39:52 +0000 http://news.media.co.za/?p=4395 Geneva – New World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations aim to speed up detection and improve treatment outcomes for multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) through use of a novel rapid diagnostic test and a shorter, cheaper treatment regimen. “This is a critical step forward in tackling the MDR-TB public health crisis,” said Dr Mario Raviglione, Director of […]

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]]> Tuberculosis mortality nearly halved since 1990 https://news.media.co.za/tuberculosis-mortality-nearly-halved-since-1990/ Thu, 29 Oct 2015 06:05:19 +0000 http://news.media.co.za/?p=3188 The fight against tuberculosis is paying off, with this year’s death rate nearly half of what it was in 1990. Nevertheless, 1.5 million people died from TB in 2014. Most of these deaths could have been prevented, according to the World Health Organization’s Global Tuberculosis Report 2015, which was released today in Washington, DC. To […]

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