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World Health Organization. Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
World Health Organization. Regional Office for South-East Asia
The rapid growth of the HIV epidemic in many countries has resulted in an equally dramatic rise in TB, even in countries with well-organized national TB control programmes, that are successfully implementing the DOTS strategy. The importance of surveillance of HIV among TB patien…
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
Annual meetings of the national TB control programme (NTP) managers provide a strategic forum for exchange of information on existing and new, innovative approaches being applied in countries, for discussions on technical issues, and to follow up on actions taken on the recommend…
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
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 Western Pacific
World Health Organization. Regional Office for South-East Asia
World Health Organization. Regional Office for South-East Asia
Regional Office for South-East Asia, World Health Organization
The South-East Asia Regional TB Technical Working Group (TWG) provides guidance to the WHO Secretariat on appropriate strategies and inerventions for TB care and prevention in countries of the Region. The sixth TWG meeting reviewed progress and identified challenges and constrain…
World Health Organization. Regional Office for South-East Asia
A regional workshop on Tuberculosis Surveillance and Programme Monitoring and Evaluation was held during 20-24 July 2009 at the National Tuberculosis Institute, (NTI) Bangalore, India with the objectives to review current approaches to TB surveillance, monitoring and evaluation; …
Shaun Palmer, Rebecca A Clark, Bridgette J Connell, Vanessa Mwebaza Muwanga, Arthur Coelho, et al.
…ently need novel, effective, and accessible vaccines to end tuberculosis (TB) as a public health crisis. The 7th Global Forum on TB Vaccines was convened from 8-10 October 2024 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Under the theme of "Driving innovation from discovery to access," the progra…
World Health Organization. Regional Office for South-East Asia
Tuberculosis (TB) is the most common presenting illness among people living with HIV. At least one third of the 34 million people living with HIV worldwide are infected with TB. These coinfected persons are 21-34 times more likely to develop active TB disease than persons without…
World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe
…cians and international experts, including those working on tuberculosis (TB). Taking place during the Danish EU Presidency, the conference provided a timely opportunity to bring stakeholders from the Region together and renew political focus on TB in Denmark and across the EU/ E…
World Health Organization. Regional Office for South-East Asia
…viders and the adoption of the "International Standards for Tuberculosis Care (ISTC)". The plan emphasizes the need to strengthen the health system through an innovative approach such as the Practical Approach to Lung Health (PAL), which is based on improving the quality of care …
World Health Organization. Regional Office for South-East Asia
…ogress towards the Millennium Development Goals relating to tuberculosis (TB). The estimated incidence of all forms of TB, estimated prevalence of all forms of TB and estimated TB mortality all continue to show a downward trend. The treatment success rate among new smear-positive…
World Health Organization. Regional Office for South-East Asia
…-worm disease as well as eliminating leprosy. Diseases like tuberculosis and malaria, however, and the formidable challenges posed by HIV/AIDS have added a new dimension to the health scenario of the Region. This publication takes a close look at the highlights of WHO's collabora…
World Health Organization. Regional Office for South-East Asia
…rgently 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, just as we did during the…
World Health Organization. Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
World Health Organization. Regional Office for South-East Asia
World Health Organization. Regional Office for South-East Asia