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World Health Organization. Regional Office for South-East Asia
…lts of which shows that prevalence of Multi Drug Resistance Tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in new cases (1.4%) was lower than estimated, but the prevalence of MDR TB in previously treated cases (28.5%) was much higher. Though the rate is low compared with other countries, the high TB prev…
World Health Organization. Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
World Health Organization. Regional Office for South-East Asia
…on's South-East Asia (SEA) Region has the highest burden of tuberculosis in the world. Appreciable progress has been made with TB control using the DOTS strategy, and several countries in the Region have reached the global targets. Renewed emphasis has been placed on reaching uni…
World Health Organization. Regional Office for South-East Asia
…on's South-East Asia (SEA) Region has the highest burden of tuberculosis in the world. Appreciable progress has been made with TB control using the DOTS strategy, and several countries in the Region have reached the global targets. Renewed emphasis has been placed on reaching uni…
World Health Organization. Regional Office for South-East Asia
…nal laboratory settings. The Xpert MTB/RIF assay detects M. tuberculosis as well as rifampicin resistance-conferring mutations using three specific primers and five unique molecular probes to ensure a high degree of specificity. The assay provides results directly from sputum wit…
World Health Organization. Regional Office for South-East Asia
Description: The fifth review of the Bangladesh National Tuberculosis Control Programme took place from 2 to 12 October 2010. A team consisting of international and national reviewers including NTP staff, TB experts, public health experts, donor representatives and other stakehol…
World Health Organization. Regional Office for South-East Asia
…or scaling up the programmatic management of drug-resistant tuberculosis in the WHO South-East Asia Region, and under the new framework of the Global Green Light Committee, the Regional Office recently established a Regional Green Light Committee Secretariat with a Regional Advis…
World Health Organization. Regional Office for South-East Asia
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is a unique, public-private partnership and international financing institution dedicated to attracting and disbursing additional resources to prevent and treat HIV and AIDS, TB and malaria. The Global Fund provides funding …
World Health Organization. Regional Office for South-East Asia
Drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) threatens global and regional tuberculosis (TB) control and is a major public health concern in several countries. The challenges and bottlenecks, and the need to confront the various issues, highlight the crucial importance of advocacy and com…
World Health Organization. Regional Office for South-East Asia
…so reviewed and discussed the proposed new Post-2015 Global Tuberculosis Strategy Framework to provide guidance on adopting and applying the revised WHO policies and guidelines in the specific context of countries in the Region, in particular the involvement of all care providers…
World Health Organization. Regional Office for South-East Asia
…ular, better managing multi- and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis, HIV-associated TB. The specific objectives of this meeting were to review progress and constraints in implementing the Stop TB strategy in Member States of the SEA Region; and provide guidance on adopting a…
Michele Miller, Maria Adelaida Gómez, Rachel Tanner, Samantha Vermaak, Bernardo Villarreal-Ramos, et al.
…y building was held in Paarl, South Africa, with a focus on tuberculosis and leishmaniasis. Thirty-two scientists from 15 countries presented and discussed broad topics pertinent to zoonotic diseases, cross-species disease transmission, disease mitigation strategies, inequitable …
World Health Organization. Regional Office for South-East Asia
…ectively respond to multi-drug resistant and HIV-associated tuberculosis were discussed and country experiences shared. Member States also presented their plans for the coming year and the technical assistance and resource requirements to effectively carry out all planned interve…
World Health Organization. Regional Office for South-East Asia
World Health Organization. Regional Office for South-East Asia
World Health Organization. Regional Office for South-East Asia
World Health Organization. Regional Office for South-East Asia
World Health Organization. Regional Office for South-East Asia
World Health Organization. Regional Office for South-East Asia
WCO, Bangladesh
World Health Organization. Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
World Health Organization. Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
World Health Organization. Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
Bangladesh, WCO
World Health Organization. Regional Office for South-East Asia