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Mohammadi, A., Nassor, Z.S., Behlim, T., Mohammadi, E., Govindarajan, R., et al.
…sis for all 13 patients diagnosed with multaidrug-resistant tuberculosis [11 pulmonary, 2 extrapulmonary] in Oman from January 2000 to October 2005. The disease was secondary, or acquired, in 12 of 13 patients. A total of 140 contacts were screened [mean 10.8 persons per patient]…
World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe
Tuberculosis (TB) is, and should be, a curable disease; however, each year significant numbers of patients acquire or develop drug-resistant TB, which has a much lower cure rate. Patients with drug-resistant TB have a high prevalence of symptoms; hence, staff caring for these pat…
Veen, Jaap, Borroni, Emanuele, Yedilbayev, Askar, Suminovic, Aleksander
… of the end of thesupport of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria foreseen for September 2105. The reviewidentified the major challenges and main recommendations for improvement.
World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe
…of a virtual consultation meeting on the development of the Tuberculosis Action Plan for the WHO European Region 2023–2030. The virtual consultation was part of an open consultation process to involve all relevant stakeholders in the development of the Action Plan and to ensure t…
Tabarsi, P., Baghaei, P., Hemmati, N., Mirsaeidi, M., Kazempour, M., et al.
…fectiveness of 2 treatment regimens for isoniazid-resistant tuberculosis [TB] in 42 patients attending a TB referral centre in the Islamic Republic of Iran. The patients were divided into 2 treatment groups: 26 received the 6-month standard HRZE treatment and 16 received a modifi…
World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe
Tuberculosis (TB) continues to be a major public health challenge in the WHO European Region. According to the latest estimates, in 2016 about 290 000 people became ill with TB and about 26 000 people lost their lives due to TB in the Region, mostly in eastern and central Europea…
Munim, A., Rajab, Y., Barker, A., Daniel, M., Williams, B.
To estimate the annual risk of tuberculosis [TB] infection [ARTI] in Somalia a tuberculin survey was conducted in February/March 2006. Stratified cluster sampling was carried out within the 18 regions and 101 randomly selected primary schools. Tuberculin testing was done in 10 68…
World Health Organization
…g evidence to support the development and evaluation of new tuberculosis (TB) treatment regimens and to inform World Health Organization (WHO) guideline development. It explains the relationship between evidence generation, regulatory approval and WHO policy recommendations, and …
World Health Organization
…c considerations for implementing an integrated approach to tuberculosis (TB) and lung health within health systems. Grounded in the WHO Framework on integrated, people-centred health services and aligned with the End TB Strategy, the document highlights the growing global burden…
World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe
Against the backdrop of widespread tuberculosis (TB) among vulnerable and marginalized populations, including children and adolescents, and in the context of increasing complexities resulting from HIV coinfection and multidrug-resistant TB, the WHO Regional Office for Europe conv…
Maamari, F.
… of delays in diagnosis and treatment of new smear-positive tuberculosis cases at DOTS treatment centres. Among 800 patients, the mean delay due to patient care-seeking behaviour was 52.7 days [range 15-698] and the health system delay before diagnosis was 24.8 days; thus the mea…
World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe
Against the backdrop of widespread tuberculosis (TB) among vulnerable and marginalized populations, including children and adolescents, and in the context of increasing complexities resulting from HIV coinfection and multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB), the WHO Regional Office for Eu…
Ottmani, S., Obermeyer, Z., Bencheikh, N., Mahjour, J.
We sought to characterize conceptions of tuberculosis [TB] in an urban population in Morocco. Thus 301 subjects, some being treated for TB [patients] and some attending health facilities for other conditions [non-patients], in 2 Moroccan cities were surveyed. Most patients did no…
Migliori, Giovanni Battista, D'Ambrosio, Lia, Centis, Rosella, Van Den Boom, Martin, Ehsani, Soudeh, et al.
Evidence-based guidance is needed on (i) how tuberculosis (TB) infectiousness evolves in response to effective treatment and (ii) how the TB infection risk can be minimized to help countries to implement community-based, outpatient-based care while reducing TB-related suffering a…
World Health Organization
This policy brief examines the synergies between tuberculosis (TB) programmes and the primary health care (PHC) approach in advancing universal health coverage (UHC) and achieving the targets of the WHO End TB Strategy and the Sustainable Development Goals. It outlines how PHC-or…
Shah, S.A., Mujeeb, S.A., Mirza, A., Nabi, K.G., Siddiqui, Q.
Jail inmates may be at increased risk of contracting tuberculosis [TB]. We studied 386 detainees [mean age 17.7 years] in Karachi juvenile jail to determine the prevalence of TB and possible risk factors for contracting TB. We found a 3.9% prevalence of TB among the inmates, sign…
Al Kubaisy, W., Al Dulayme, A., Hashim, D.S.
… were followed up in 2002 to determine prevalence of latent tuberculosis [TB] infection and risk factors among household contacts. Of 205 children, 191 remained skin-test positive in 2002. Based on X-ray and clinical examination, 9 children [4.4%] were active TB cases. Among 834 …
Morsy, A.M., Zaher, H.H., Hassan, M.H., Shouman, A.
Treatment failure is a serious problem facing some national tuberculosis [TB] control programmes. Irregularity of treatment is a factor that can lead to treatment failure. A case-control study was carried out in TB centres in Egypt during April 2001-December 2002 aimed at investi…
Agboatwalla, M., Kazi, G.N., Shah, S.K., Tariq, M.
…ted gender differences in knowledge of and attitude towards tuberculosis [TB] in urban and rural communities in Sindh province, Pakistan. Knowledge of symptoms was generally deficient, particularly in rural females. Regarding TB prevention, 22.4% of rural and 14.4% of urban males…
World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe
…ne to epidemics. This booklet uses one of these conditions, tuberculosis (TB) as an example, to show:– how social determinants cause inequities in exposure to, outcomes of and consequences of TB; and– how action on these determinants – the “causes of causes” – will reduce inequit…
Charkazi, A.R., Kouchaki, C., Nejad, M. Soleymani, Gholizade, A.H.
The increasing incidence of tuberculosis [TB] is a major concern to public health policy-makers. To assess knowledge about TB and the DOTS strategy among medical students in a high incidence area of the Islamic Republic of Iran, a questionnaire designed around the national TB pro…
Abassi, A., Mansourian, A.R.
… evaluate the efficacy of the DOTS strategy in treatment of tuberculosis [TB]. All the patients had cough for > 3 weeks; 91.9% had fever, 60.8% of them with sputum; and 27.7% had a positive family history. The rate of treatment failure with DOTS was 9.0% at the end of the 2nd mon…
Chughtai, A.A., Qadeer, E., Khan, W., Hadi, H., Memon, I.A.
…o improve involvement of the private sector in the national tuberculosis [TB] programme in Pakistan various public-private mix projects were set up between 2004 and 2009. A retrospective analysis of data was made to study 6 different public-private mix models for TB control in Pa…
World Health Organization. Regional Office for South-East Asia
Description: Tuberculosis (TB) is a major public health threat in the WHO South-East Asia Region. This booklet answers some common questions that the general public as well as health providers may have. To download this booklet and other FAQs about infectious diseases, please vis…
Mohamed, E.Y., Abdalla, S.M., Khamis, A.A., Abdelbadea, A., Abdelgadir, M.A.
Analyses of patient delays in seeking treatment for tuberculosis [TB] provide useful evidence for national TB control programmes. The objectives of this study in Gezira State/ Sudan were to estimate the extent of, and factors associated with, pulmonary TB patient delay in accessi…