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Nadia A. Sam‐Agudu, Chandy C. John
…iod with the COVID-19 pandemic, the critical role of global health equity in preventing and controlling pandemics has received far too little attention. A major manifestation of this inequity is in access to COVID-19 vaccine supply in the global effort to reach herd immunity. The…
Ronald Labonté, Arne Rückert
…. Antimicrobial resistance has risen near the top of global health threats, posing health security risks within and between countries. Globalization-related weakening of health systems in poorer countries heightens these risks, alongside the medical misuse of existing antibiotics…
Mingming Zhang, Yuan Tian, Bingrui Gao, Xiaojuan Qin, Qi Shen, et al.
This comprehensive interpretation of the World Health Organization’s Global Tuberculosis (TB) Report 2025 integrates data from 2024 to appraise worldwide and Chinese TB epidemic trends, progress in control measures, and persisting challenges. The estimated 10.7 million incident c…
Victor Næstholt Dahl, Simon Tiberi, Delia Goletti, Christian Wejse
… is huge•Europe must find the resources to take care of the health needs of refugees•Scaling up screening of TB infection and disease and treatment is essential The ongoing war in Ukraine has led to millions of refugees and internally displaced people, plunging the country into a…
Érica Chimara, Pedro Eduardo Almeida da Silva, Kleydson Bonfim Andrade Alves, Andréa Villarino, Gabriela Gago, et al.
The latest World Health Organization report highlights the alarming situation of tuberculosis (TB) in Latin America (LA).Between 2020 and 2023, a significant increase in mortality (14%) and a slight decrease in 2024 (13%) (1) was observed in LA.This article aims to analyze this p…
Beijing Hospital
…ackground: Drug resistant tuberculosis is a serious public health problem that threatens the health of human life and the development of society and economy. At present, the diagnosis of drug-resistant tuberculosis mainly depends on traditional drug susceptibility test. But it i…
Mareli Claassens, PhD
…amme will be used to develop the model which will include a health economics component. The study will strengthen DR-TB diagnosis, surveillance and control, inform DR-TB case finding policy in Namibia and regionally, inform resource allocation by identifying high transmission ar…
Pavithra GB, R. Prassanna Adithiyan, B Charumathi, Timsi Jain
… were grouped under Patient, medication, Socio-economic and Health care related factors, Motive. Almost all patients reported more than one factor. Conclusion: Increasing the awareness of various TB services in the community may increase knowledge and improve attitude among the p…
David Kajoba Mumena, Geoffrey Kwenda, Caroline Ngugi, Andrew Nyerere
… COVID-19 pandemic are posing a major risk to global public health and economic security, and are jeopardizing efforts in the control, prevention and elimination of TB globally. Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) has continued to evolve resistance to anti-TB drugs. Different types …
Simon Tiberi, Giovanni Battista Migliori, Jeremiah Chakaya, Tereza Kaesava, Seif Al-Abri, et al.
… in Europe: it’s time to end TB. http://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/communicable-diseases/tuberculosis/news/news/2019/3/drug-resistant-strains-could-become-the-dominant-form-of-tb-in-europe-its-time-to-end-tb.Google Scholar). At the time of Professor Koch’s announcement in …
Mukhtar Kulimbet, A Yergasen, Natalya Glushkova, Malik Adenov, Kairat Davletov
… significant impact on economic development, lifestyles and health systems in all countries. Due to the lack of medical interventions, many countries adopted restrictive measures to slow the spread of the virus and reduce the burden on the healthcare system. Quarantine measures h…
N. Yu. Nikolenko, D.А. Kudlаy, Borisov Se, T. E. Sannikova, N. P. Doktorovа
…therapy in accordance with the recommendations of the World Health Organization of 2018–2019. To evaluate economic efficiency, the pharmacoeconomic costeffectiveness analysis and pharmacoeconomic modeling were used. When assessing the economic costs of treatment, the direct costs…
World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe
…ality, protect the planet, and ensure that all people enjoy health, justice and prosperity. It is critical that no one is left behind. In 2015, all the countries in the United Nations adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It sets out 17 Goals, which include 169 tar…
Ariel Torres, Gisselle Trujillo, José Daniel Sánchez
…ug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) represents a major public health threat, particularly in the prisons of Latin America and the Caribbean, where rates are up to 40 times higher than those observed in the general population. These facilities act as community amplifiers due to over…
Malik Olatunde Oduoye, Inibehe Ime Okon, Aymar Akilimali, Joseph Peter AKPAN, Uchechukwu Victor Abel, et al.
…it one of the infectious diseases with a significant public health challenge. Aim This paper is aimed at examining the prevalence of TB in Nigeria, with emphasis on one of its strains, namely XDR-TB, and factors promoting the disease and its strains, among others. Methodology A l…
Keertan Dheda, MBChB
…nomically active young adults. It is also a major threat to health care workers in South Africa. We recently showed a rate in SA health care workers 6 fold higher than the general population further exacerbating the shortage of this critical workforce in the country. The increasi…
Nam Xuan Vo, Thy Bui Xuan Doan, Di Ngoc Kha Vo, Tu Kim Tran, Trung Quang Vo
…ality of life (QOL). Our purpose is to define the status of health-related QOL for international MDR-TB and XDR-TB patients. METHODS: Systematic review is a good method for searching and selecting related researches and articles. As such, we have searched for and cited related ar…
Vikas Panibatla, Sharath Burugina Nagaraja, Deepa Mohan, Sreenath Menon Parambanattu Kizhakkethil, M. Sangeetha
…, and outcomes. Understanding the magnitude of these mental health issues is crucial for improving TB programs and achieving successful treatment outcomes. Materials and Methods: We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis, to assess the prevalence of depressive and anxiet…
Gaurav Derashri, Shubhangi Nayak, Aashutosh Asati, Neera Marathe, Tulsiram Jadhav
Background and aims: The emergence and spread of drug-resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis are greatly complicating tuberculosis (TB) control efforts in many countries. In India, in 2018, out of 2.4 million notified cases of TB, there were an estimated 66359 and 3,882 …
Keertan Dheda, MD PhD
…ws early detection of active tuberculosis at the peripheral health clinic level. Lack of rapid, simple and accurate diagnostic tests at this level is a major hurdle in controlling the global burden of TB. A number of promising new TB diagnostics have shown initial promise but the…
Gauri Suhas Kulkarni, Abhijit J. Telkhade, Sushama Dugad
Background: Resistance to MDR TB has additional resistance to fluoroquinolones and second line injectables it is defined as XDR-TB. The present study is designed to evaluate drug resistance patterns in such XDR patients. Aims and Objectives: To study drug resistance patterns in X…
Maria-Larisa Șoroagă
…by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, has been a persistent global health challenge for thousands of years, known historically by various names and often romanticized in 19th-century literature. Despite advancements in medical science, TB remains a significant issue, particularly in eco…
Olena Ivanova, Dragoș Băiceanu, Abhishek Bakuli, M. Vogel, Cristina Popa, et al.
… (30 vs 22.8), but remained significantly worse compared to healthy individuals. 52% of participants stated that TB affected their social or private life as well as their household financially at treatment start. Conclusions From the start of anti-TB treatment patients are suffer…
Usman Ali
…Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB), remains a critical global health challenge, claiming over one million lives annually. Despite substantial progress in reducing TB incidence in developed countries post-World War II, it persists as a major cause of mortality, particularly in low-i…
World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe
…nclude the same targets as set by the Global Plan and World Health Assembly resolution WHA62.15, to provide universal access to diagnosis and treatment of MDR-TB. The implementation of the Consolidated Action Plan would mean that the emergence of 250 000 new MDR-TB patients and 1…