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World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe
The European Tuberculosis Research Initiative (ERI-TB) was launched by the WHO Regional Office for Europe in 2016 to advance tuberculosis (TB) research in the WHO European Region. It was intended as a platform to build the capacity of Member States of the WHO European Region to i…
Regional Committee for Africa, 53
1. HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria contribute to high morbidity and mortality in theWHO African Region, accounting for more than 90% of the global cases and deathsassociated with these diseases. They exert an enormous economic burden on governments,communities and families, tr…
Enarson, D.A.
The current international strategy for the control of tuberculosis emphasizes two different targets: a high success rate for the treatment of tuberculosis cases with an emphasis on positive sputum smear cases and a high case detection rate. Recent analyses indicate that while pro…
Askarian, M., Karmi, A., Sadeghi Hassanabadi, A.
The best way to control tuberculosis in a community is active case-finding and treatment among high-risk groups. Upon admission to a correctional centre in 1997, 319 never-jailed drug addicts were enrolled in the present study. Statistically significant differences in skin-test p…
World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe
The aim of subregional training on tuberculosis laboratory biosafety cabinet maintenance is to enhance the capacity of qualified technicians and engineers to service biosafety cabinets (BSCs) in the region. Tuberculosis (TB), and particularly multidrug-resistant TB, are still a p…
van den Boom, Martin, Nasidze, Nikoloz, Attwill, Allira, World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe
…ng readiness for transition from Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM)-financed tuberculosis (TB) activities in six selected countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine) in the landscape of overall dwindling external…
van den Boom, Martin, Nasidze, Nikoloz, Attwill, Allira, World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe
…ng readiness for transition from Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM)-financed tuberculosis (TB) activities in six selected countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine) in the landscape of overall dwindling external…
Kavtaradze, Maya, Ciobanu, Silviu
…gional Office for Europe organized a comprehensive national tuberculosis programme (NTP) reviewmission in the Republic of Moldova on 7–11 September and 22–29 November 2009. The review focused on achievementsand issues in the treatment of tuberculosis (TB) based on the WHO Stop TB…
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 Europe
The goal of ending the global tuberculosis (TB) epidemic by 2035 was set by the WHO End TB Strategy and endorsed by the World Health Assembly in May 2014. To achieve this goal, the development and implementation of innovative tools, such as new vaccines, diagnostics, medicines, p…
World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe
The 2017 annual meeting of the European Tuberculosis Surveillance Network was organized jointly by the WHO Regional Office for Europe and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control in The Hague, the Netherlands, on 29–30 May 2017. Discussions focused on: the status of…
World Health Organization
This compendium supports National Tuberculosis Programmes (NTPs) in using data and evidence more effectively for policy, planning and programmatic action. It provides a concise overview of key tools for tuberculosis (TB) planning and programming, describing their purpose, applica…
Othman, G.Q., lbrahim, M.I.M., Raja'a, Y.A.
This study determined the costs associated with tuberculosis [TB] diagnosis and treatment for the public health services and patients in Sana'a, Yemen. Data were collected prospectively from 320 pulmonary and extrapulmonary TB patients [160 each] who were followed until completio…
World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe
… targets can therefore also be found across the other SDGs. Tuberculosis (TB) is among the top 10 causes of death worldwide. Yet TB can be prevented, and it can be cured. Thanks to the combined efforts of agencies and governments in diagnosis and treatment, TB incidence and morta…
World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe
This document summarizes tuberculosis country work in 12 Member States of the WHO European Region. It includes epidemiological profiles, describes major challenges these countries are facing, achievements made in collaboration with WHO and planned WHO activities, and presents a l…
World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe
This document summarizes tuberculosis country work in 13 Member States of the WHO European Region. It includes epidemiological profiles, describes major challenges these countries are facing, achievements made in collaboration with WHO and planned WHO activities, and presents a l…
Hargreaves, Sally, Rustage, Kieran, Nellums, Laura B, Powis, Jaynaide, Milburn, James, et al.
…s, with concerns that this is contributing to the burden of tuberculosis (TB), multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) and TB/HIV coinfection in some countries. This report examines evidence of effective and efficient service packages for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of TB to …
World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe
This document summarizes tuberculosis country work in 17 Member States of the WHO European Region. It includes epidemiological profiles, describes major challenges these countries are facing, achievements made in collaboration with WHO and other partners, and planned WHO activiti…
World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe
…he third meeting of the Regional Collaborating Committee on Tuberculosis Care and Control (RCC-TB) steering group was held in Copenhagen, Denmark on 24 November 2014, with the participation of members and observers, including representatives from WHO country offices in the Region…
World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe
This document summarizes tuberculosis country work in the Republic of Moldova and Uzbekistan. It includes epidemiological profiles/current situation, describes major challenges these countries are facing, achievements made in collaboration with WHO and planned WHO activities, and…
World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe
This document summarizes tuberculosis country work in Azerbaijan, Belarus and Ukraine. It includes epidemiological profiles, describes major challenges these countries are facing, achievements made in collaboration with WHO and planned WHO activities, and presents a list of main …
Zhuben, M., Delawer, F.M., Andar, A.H., Salimi, F., Ngamvithayapong-Yanai, J.
The National Tuberculosis [TB] Institute has the highest patient transfer-out rate in Afghanistan, but the result and treatment outcome of transferred patients were unknown in 2009. This operational research investigated the characteristics and treatment outcome of all transferre…
Assefzadeh, M., Barghi, R.Gh., Shahidi, Sh.S.
As a part of a comprehensive programme of tuberculosis [TB] control in the central prison in Qazvin, Islamic Republic of Iran, a programme of active case-finding was carried out from February 2004 to July 2005. From the 768 prisoners examined, 41 [5.3%] were suspected of TB and g…
World Health Organization
Persistent inequities in access to effective tuberculosis (TB) prevention tools, combined with constrained and uncertain financing environments, continue to hinder progress towards ending the global TB epidemic. This report presents a forward-looking technical analysis developed …
World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe
…o estimate the burden of acquisition of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in the country and explore the risk factors for its transmission and acquisition. It was designed as a cross-sectional study with 100% sampling of all TB diagnostic units. All consecutive eligible p…