Tuberculosis

From 2011 to 2018, the Afghanistan NTP released guidelines for passive and active contact screening of bacteriologically confirmed TB cases.

About a third of those deaths were attributable to the six diseases targeted by the country's vaccination programme at that time: measles, tuberculosis, polio, diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis

NTP adopted the Directly Observed Treatment, Short Course (DOTS) strategy, from November 1993

Coordenação-Geral do Programa Nacional de Controle da Tuberculose (CGPNCT/DEVIT)

In 1993, the Cambodian Ministry of Health and the recently re-established WHO country office relaunched the national tuberculosis (TB) programme

implemented the DOTS strategy in 13 provinces between 1992 and 2001

In 2023, more than 260,000 cases were recorded, but according to the National Tuberculosis Programme this figure does not reflect the reality.

Directly observed treatment, short-course (DOTS, also known as TB-DOTS) is the name given to the tuberculosis (TB) control strategy recommended by the World Health Organization.

Management of tuberculosis refers to techniques and procedures utilized for treating tuberculosis (TB), or simply a treatment plan for TB. The medical standard for active TB is a short course treatment involving a combination of isoniazid, rifampicin (also

praising its National TB Control Program as a global model for combating tuberculosis.

Reduce TB incidence from 151 to 91 per 100,000 population.

EXPAND-TB (Expanding Access to New Diagnostics for TB) is a UNITAID-funded project launched in 2009, which aims to increase access to tuberculosis (TB) diagnostic tests in 27 endemic countries.

The directly observed treatment strategy (DOTS) for tuberculosis (TB) treatment has been implemented in Ghana since 1994.

The Global Drug Facility (GDF) for tuberculosis (TB) was launched on World TB Day 2001; it grew out of a declaration made a year earlier by countries attending the Ministerial Conference on TB and Sustainable Development in Amsterdam.

The Global Fund, officially The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is an international financing and partnership organization

The Stop TB Partnership today unveiled a costed plan for the world to end tuberculosis (TB), the second leading infectious disease killer in the world, after COVID-19.

Tuberculosis (TB) continues to pose a significant health challenge in Indonesia.

A healthier world for all, free of tuberculosis and lung disease

These include tuberculosis, pneumonia, diarrhea, polio, measles, diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus, hepatitis, meningitis, yellow fever, malaria and cervical cancer.

To accelerate the reduction of TB, Leprosy and lung disease burden through provision of people-centered, universally accessible, acceptable and affordable quality services in Kenya

KNCV has been fighting TB since its establishment in 1903 as a collaborative effort by several private local TB elimination initiatives in the Netherlands.

Overall, the ninth edition of the National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Guidelines represents a significant step forward in Malawi’s public health efforts, aiming to build a TB and leprosy-free future for the nation.

Mozambique is among the 14 countries most affected by TB in the world.

National Tuberculosis Programme, Ministry of Health and Sports, Yangon, Myanmar

then into the National Tuberculosis Elimination program in 2020

Detect 100% of new sputum smear-positive TB cases and cure at least 85% of these cases

Directly observed treatment, short-course (DOTS, also known as TB-DOTS) is the name given to the tuberculosis (TB) control strategy recommended by the World Health Organization.

Operation ASHA (OpASHA) is a non-profit organization (NGO) founded in 2006 to bring tuberculosis (TB) treatment at economically feasible rates to disadvantaged communities.

NTP strives for TB free Pakistan by reducing 50% prevalence of TB in general population by 2025 in comparison to 2012 through universal access to quality TB care and achieving Zero TB death.

This paper provides an overview of TB surveillance data at the national and subnational levels from 2008 to 2016.

In 1990, the National TB Control Program became a national health priority, receiving government support to establish a programme that has been a model of efficiency at the global level.

The National TB Control Programme (NTP) is managed by a central team at the National Center for Disease Prevention and Control of the Department of Health.

Directly observed treatment, short-course (DOTS, also known as TB-DOTS) is the name given to the tuberculosis (TB) control strategy recommended by the World Health Organization.

The NTP is currently conducting a national drug resistance survey, the first national TB prevalence survey is planned, and an independent review of the NTP has recently been completed.

The Stop TB Partnership was established in 2001 to eliminate tuberculosis (TB) as a public health problem.

Directly observed treatment, short-course (DOTS, also known as TB-DOTS) is the name given to the tuberculosis (TB) control strategy recommended by the World Health Organization.

The National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Programme (NTLP) was launched by the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare in 1977

TB Alliance was conceived at a February 2000 meeting in Cape Town, South Africa, where 120 representatives from academia, industry, major government agencies, non-governmental organizations and donors gathered to discuss the problems of tuberculosis treatment.

Directly observed treatment, short-course (DOTS, also known as TB-DOTS) is the name given to the tuberculosis (TB) control strategy recommended by the World Health Organization.

Directly observed treatment, short-course (DOTS, also known as TB-DOTS) is the name given to the tuberculosis (TB) control strategy recommended by the World Health Organization.

The National TB and Leprosy Program (NTLP) is the program under the department of the National Disease Control in the Ministry of Health

works with partners to bring about innovations to prevent, diagnose and treat major diseases in low- and middle-income countries, with an emphasis on tuberculosis, malaria, and HIV/AIDS

Data were obtained from the surveillance system established by the new NTP in 1986 and based on the principles now described as the WHO DOTS strategy.

WHO's post-2015 End TB Strategy, adopted by the World Health Assembly in 2014

In 1982, on the one-hundredth anniversary of Robert Koch's presentation, the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (IUATLD) proposed that 24 March be proclaimed an official World TB Day.

The National HIV/AIDS/STI/TB Council Act (2002) has outlined the following as the functions of the Council

Since the time of Zambia's independence in October 1964, there has been a series of national programmes for tuberculosis. Initially, the new Zambian government established the National Tuberculosis Control Programme to monitor the incidence, prevalence, and treatment of tuberculosis in the country.

The Ministry of Health and Child Care’s (MoHCC) National TB Programme (NTP) has scaled up TB diagnosis using the WHO recommended Rapid diagnostic tests with 87% coverage, introduced shorter and safer preventive TB treatment regimens, introduced child friendly formulations and a shorter all oral (injection free) treatment regimen for treating MDR-TB.