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World Health Organization. Regional Office for South-East Asia
Over 150,000 TB patients are estimated to develop multi-drugresistance every year in the South-East Asia Region. Developing thecapacity of national laboratory networks to detect drug-resistant TBthrough quality-assured culture and drug susceptibility testing andthrough deploying …
World Health Organization. Regional Office for South-East Asia
…riority in addressing MDR-TB remains prevention of acquired drug resistance by ensuring higher case detection and cure rates through high-quality DOTS services. In this context, national TB programmes have recognized the need to simultaneously address the existing pool of MDR-TB …
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
…form for studying the country or setting specific causes of drug resistance and for identifying the most important targets for intervention. The National TB Control Programme of Bangladesh conducted Drug -resistant survey during 2012-13. The results of which shows that prevalence…
World Health Organization. Regional Office for South-East Asia
… and, in particular, better managing multi- and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis, as well as 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 prov…
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 the Eastern Mediterranean
World Health Organization. Regional Office for South-East Asia
…ding interventions required to effectively 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 effecti…
World Health Organization. Regional Office for South-East Asia
…xpansion of specific programme areas (such as management of drug-resistant tuberculosis, TB/HIV, engaging the private sector and strengthening the overall health system) pose new challenges. Provided adequate support is made available, the review team believes NTP is in a positio…
World Health Organization. Regional Office for South-East Asia
… and, in particular, better managing multi- and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis and HIVassociated TB. The specific objectives of the Meeting of the SEA Regional Technical Working Group on Tuberculosis were to review progress and constraints in implementing the Stop TB str…
World Health Organization. Regional Office for South-East Asia
…able diseases. We have to urgently find solutions to tackle drug-resistant malaria and tuberculosis and the rapidly increasing threat of HIV/AIDS. In addition, we need to be ever vigilant to respond effectively to global health emergencies, especially emerging infectious diseases…
World Health Organization. Regional Office for South-East Asia
… and, in particular, 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 guidanc…
World Health Organization. Regional Office for South-East Asia
…to provide inputs for TB and the programmatic management of drug-resistant TB (PMDT) in their own countries. This report is intended to be shared with national TB programmes of the Member States, international organizations, national and local nongovernmental organizations (NGOs)…
World Health Organization. Regional Office for South-East Asia
…estimates) as well as more than a quarter of cases of multi-drug-resistant TB. The national TB and AIDS control programmes in seven countries are jointly extending a comprehensive package of interventions for those affected by both HIV and TB. The long-term goal is to eliminate T…
World Health Organization. Regional Office for South-East Asia
…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 within 100 minutes. On 8 December 2010…