An experimental drug now in clinical trials as a cancer treatment could help boost the power of first-line tuberculosis (TB) ...

The Commissioner for Health, Dr. Abubakar Labaran Yusuf, has warned that a single tuberculosis (TB) patient who remains untreated can transmit the disease to 15-20 people within a year.

Without treatment, it has a death rate of close to 50%. Like that of millions of other TB patients across the world, Jamni’s treatment was supported by the United States Agency for International ...

Background: Diagnosis and treatment of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is the most effective strategy to control tuberculosis (TB) among patients with HIV infection. The tuberculin skin test ...

The aim of this systematic review of qualitative studies was to understand the factors considered important by patients, caregivers and health care providers in contributing to TB medication ...

8-year-old Asma, a TB patient who nears completion of her treatment, receives consultation at the ... More Government General Hospital Samanabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan. Despite being preventable ...

My journey in tuberculosis (TB) care began in hospital settings, diagnosing and treating patients with what I viewed as a purely biomedical problem. However, working with underserved populations ...

It is particularly crucial for high-risk individuals such as people living with HIV, those in close contact with TB patients, and individuals with weakened immune systems.” Underutilisation of ...

Meghalaya TB patients find 'universal Ni-kshay Mitra' in state govt for added support The Centre launched the Ni-kshay Mitra programme in September 2022, urging individuals, private organisations ...

and colleagues tested whether an additional injection of a non-live TB vaccine, called RUTI, would further boost patients' immune response in a small pilot study. They found that the RUTI vaccine ...