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South Africa: Free State Makes Great Strides in Reducing TB
Great strides have been made in the reduction of Tuberculosis (TB) in the Free State, says provincial Health MEC Sakhiwo Belot.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Oct-2008 14:28

South Africa: Boost for Aids Fight From New Minister
NEWLY appointed Health Minister Barbara Hogan said yesterday she would make HIV/AIDS and a supply of antiretroviral drugs a top priority, giving the first unequivocal statement in years from the government on its position on the pandemic.
Source : AllAfrica | 03-Oct-2008 08:21

Why this Country is Still Struggling With Tuberculosis Response
Do you know what tuberculosis is, or what causes it or how you can suspect it is TB? And do you know what to do when you suspect TB?
Source : AllAfrica | 01-Oct-2008 11:20

Namibia: Employee Dismissed for Coughing
A woman employed by Photo Quick Caprivi at Katima Mulilo, Robbinah Mubita, was fired from her job last week after her boss, Niqui Bosch, allegedly accused her of suffering from tuberculosis (TB) because she had a persistent cough.
Source : AllAfrica | 29-Sep-2008 12:27

Nigeria: HIV/Aids, TB And Malaria - Stepping Up the Battle
Over the years, Africa has been under the treat of HIV/AIDs, tuberculosis and malaria. However, in as much as there are genuine efforts by governments, non-governmental organisations and donor agencies to step up the battle against the three pandemics, there is need for synergy among the stakeholders on sourcing and appropriate channeling of funds. A summit towards achieving these objectives was held in Accra, Ghana recently.
Source : AllAfrica | 29-Sep-2008 10:52

Nigeria: Govt Neglect Cause of High TB Rate - Expert
The Chief Medical Director of Borno State Specialist Hospital, Maiduguri, Dr Mohammed Ghuluze, has lamented the recent ncrease in cases of tuberculosis which he said was as a result of long term neglect of its administration by government and upsurge in the level of poverty in the country.
Source : AllAfrica | 29-Sep-2008 10:52

Cameroon: UB Wins Grant on Tuberculosis Research
The University of Buea, UB, has won a multi-million grant to investigate the various strains, spread and tools for mapping out the drug resistance patterns of tuberculosis in Cameroon.
Source : AllAfrica | 26-Sep-2008 17:12

Namibia: Research Hopes to Squash TB
The Novartis Institute for Tropical Diseases (NITD) held a global symposium in Mozambique last week, bringing together world-renowned tuberculosis experts to focus on critical issues facing TB treatment today, such as tackling resistant strains and treatment shortenings.
Source : AllAfrica | 23-Sep-2008 11:16

South Africa: Sandoz Minimises Who Drugs Warning
SANDOZ SA, a generics unit of Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis, said yesterday a warning by the World Health Organisation (WHO) against its drugs involved only a limited number of tuberculosis medications produced locally.
Source : AllAfrica | 23-Sep-2008 09:31

South Africa: TB Patients 'Need Aids Drugs Early'
Deaths among people infected with both tuberculosis (TB) and HIV could be halved if patients started taking antiretrovirals before they finished their six months of TB treatment, a new study shows.
Source : AllAfrica | 18-Sep-2008 09:22

Nigeria: HIV/Aids, TB - Private Sector Urged to Show Commitment
The private sector in Africa has been called upon to show more commitment in the fight against HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, the three major pandemics that have been devastating the African population.
Source : AllAfrica | 17-Sep-2008 13:33

Namibia: American Ambassador Visits Caprivi
US Ambassador to Namibia, Dennise Mathieu, visited the Caprivi Region last Friday and held talks with the Regional Governor Leonard Mwilima.
Source : AllAfrica | 16-Sep-2008 14:50

Cameroon: Free Treatment for TB Patients
People who suspect that they might be suffering from tuberculosis, TB, have been advised to go to the nearest hospital or health centre for consultation and examination of their sputum.
Source : AllAfrica | 15-Sep-2008 16:18

Uganda: Country Gets One Third of Global Fund Money in Five Years
Although Uganda has had grants worth Shs771.4 billion approved by the Global Fund to fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria over the last five years, the country has only been able to receive Shs257.2 billion. On average, as of September 1, the rated Uganda grants are 28.3 months behind schedule, according to an analysis by Aidspan, an independent watchdog of the Global Fund.
Source : AllAfrica | 15-Sep-2008 12:22

Uganda: Country to Establish Level of Resistant Tuberculosis
Uganda will this year carry out a survey to establish the magnitude of Multi Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB) which is fast turning into a global public health threat.
Source : AllAfrica | 12-Sep-2008 09:39

South Africa: TB, the Leading Cause of Death in Gauteng
Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading cause of death in Gauteng, the provincial MEC for Health Brian Hlongwa announced on Thursday.
Source : AllAfrica | 11-Sep-2008 17:21

Nigeria: 220 Tuberculosis Cases Recorded
No fewer than 220 people in Zamfara State, have been infected by Tuberculosis(TB) in the last three months. Dr Ibrahim Bature, the state TB and Leprosy Control Officer, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Gusau.
Source : AllAfrica | 09-Sep-2008 11:37

5,000 People Die of Tuberculosis Daily - Modibbo
Minister of FCT, Dr Aliyu Umar Modibbo, at the weekend, described tuberculosis as a leading cause of death in the sub-Sahara Africa because 5,000 people die of the dreaded disease daily.
Source : AllAfrica | 08-Sep-2008 13:56

Uganda: Mpigi District Gets Sh260 Million for TB
MPIGI district is to receive sh267m from the United States Agency for International Development to fight tuberculosis.(TB).
Source : AllAfrica | 04-Sep-2008 11:24

TB Care Set to Improve
Healthcare workers in Kenya will from now be more accountable to those they treat following the launch on Monday of the International Standards for Tuberculosis Care.
Source : AllAfrica | 02-Sep-2008 10:31

Zimbabwe: Don't Politicise Cash for HIV/Aids, Fund Told
The Global Fund for HIV/Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria has been challenged to stop politicising HIV and Aids funding and distribute the amount due to Zimbabwe in time as is has done for other countries in the region.
Source : AllAfrica | 29-Aug-2008 12:27

Botswana: Deportee Gets Reprieve
The Botswana government has agreed to re-admit a Zimbabwean facing deportation to treatment for Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB).
Source : AllAfrica | 28-Aug-2008 10:08

Deportee Goes to Court
In a landmark case, Mthandazo Sibanda, a Zimbabwean deportee suffering from multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR TB) has taken the Ministry of Health, the Attorney General's office and the Immigration Department to court on medical grounds.
Source : AllAfrica | 26-Aug-2008 11:10

Breakthrough As Cure Found for Deadly TB
A tuberculosis strain initially thought to be untreatable because it was resistant to most drugs has now been conquered.
Source : AllAfrica | 26-Aug-2008 09:44

Goodwill Envoy Tours Projects
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Goodwill ambassador Ms Misako Konno, on Thursday visited Temeke hospital, Tandika, and Uvikiuta Youth village in Dar es Salaam.
Source : AllAfrica | 22-Aug-2008 09:02

Uganda: Uganda Misses Global Fund Money
Uganda is not among the countries to benefit from round eight of funding from the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
Source : AllAfrica | 18-Aug-2008 10:20

South Africa: Health Department Withdraws Two TB Drugs Pending Further Quality Tests
The health department has withdrawn two tuberculosis (TB) drug products that were more than four months old.
Source : AllAfrica | 12-Aug-2008 09:08

Rwanda: Leprosy Almost Eradicated
The head of the leprosy and tuberculosis (T.B) department in the Ministry of Health, Michel Gasana, has disclosed that leprosy has been considerably minimised and will soon be stamped out.
Source : AllAfrica | 05-Aug-2008 10:16

Nigeria: TB, Leprosy Cases Rise in Anambra
Awka (NAN)-Anambra has recorded an upsurge in the number of people infected with tuberculosis, the state Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control Officer, Dr. John Ndibe said today in Awka.According to Ndibe, the figure rose from 368 in 2007 to 513 in the first quarter of this year.
Source : AllAfrica | 01-Aug-2008 13:41

Uganda: MPs Want List of Global Fund Debtors
MPS have demanded for a list of people who have not yet refunded the money for the Global Fund for HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria, which they allegedly mismanaged.
Source : AllAfrica | 01-Aug-2008 10:30

Namibia: New Bill to Combat Killer TB
GOVERNMENT is working on a bill that will provide for the isolation of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) patients until they are cured.
Source : AllAfrica | 31-Jul-2008 14:15

Zimbabwe: Govt Receives 22 Chemistry Analysers
GOVERNMENT has received 22 chemistry analysers worth US$500 000 under the Global Fund to Fight HIV and Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria round five.
Source : AllAfrica | 31-Jul-2008 14:13

Uganda: Name Global Fund Debtors, MPs Demand
LEGISLATORS have demanded the list of people who are yet to refund the money from the Global Fund for HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, which they allegedly misused.
Source : AllAfrica | 31-Jul-2008 11:51

Africa: President Signs Landmark $48 Billion Global Health Bill
After a year of negotiations, today President Bush signed into law a $48 billion bill that continues US programs aimed at addressing global AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.
Source : AllAfrica | 30-Jul-2008 23:36

Zimbabwe: TB Patient Pardoned
A TUBERCULOSIS patient who stole a sachet of sour milk last Friday escaped a custodial sentence after a magistrate found in his favour that he had stolen out of need.
Source : AllAfrica | 28-Jul-2008 16:31

South Africa: TB Pamphlets to Be Distributed in Taverns
Informative posters and pamphlets are to be distributed in taverns in informal settlements in the Free State to increase the understanding of Tuberculosis (TB).
Source : AllAfrica | 25-Jul-2008 14:42

TB Crisis Plan Rolled Out By Gauteng Health
The Gauteng Department of Health is to roll out a Tuberculosis (TB) Crisis Plan to identified districts in the province in an effort to intensify the TB campaign to eradicate the disease.
Source : AllAfrica | 14-Jul-2008 21:42

Zimbabwe: Govt to Introduce New Aids Drug
GOVERNMENT will soon introduce a new drug for HIV and Aids patients to protect them from contracting tuberculosis.
Source : AllAfrica | 08-Jul-2008 15:08

Uganda: HIV/Aids Meeting Targets Prevention, Way Forward
Prevention remains a major challenge for those who develop and implement programs to fight HIV/AIDS worldwide, according to attendees of the 2008 HIV/AIDS Implementers? Meeting held June 3-7 in Uganda.
Source : AllAfrica | 08-Jul-2008 13:33

Ghana: Drug-Resistant TB Rapid Tests to Be Available in Developing Countries
People in low-resource countries who are ill with multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) will get a faster diagnosis -- in two days, not the standard two to three months -- and appropriate treatment thanks to two new initiatives unveiled by the World Health Organization (WHO), the Stop TB Partnership, UNITAID and the Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND).
Source : AllAfrica | 04-Jul-2008 17:36

South Africa: Mobilising Communities to Eliminate TB
Mobilising communities into action is the best weapon to fight Tuberculosis (TB), says KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Finance and Economic Development, Dr Zweli Mkhize.
Source : AllAfrica | 04-Jul-2008 13:50

South Africa: Better Management of TB Results in Higher Cure Rate
Government has successfully been able to manage and treat more Tuberculosis (TB) patients in "crisis" areas such as Johannesburg, with the Department of Health reporting an increase in the TB cure rate.
Source : AllAfrica | 04-Jul-2008 13:13

Zimbabwe: Country Seeks U.S.$500 Million From Global Fund
ZIMBABWE has already submitted a US$500 million application to fight HIV and Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria to the Global Fund under round 8.
Source : AllAfrica | 03-Jul-2008 14:48

South Africa: Offenders Respond Positively to TB Awareness Programme
The Tuberculosis (TB) awareness programme at the Pollsmoor Prison in Cape Town seems to be yielding positive results.
Source : AllAfrica | 03-Jul-2008 13:19

South Africa: Faith Based Organisations Urged to Join TB Campaign
Faith Based Organisations have been challenged to open their doors and take part in TB and HIV campaigns to prevent the spread of the diseases and offer support to infected people and their families.
Source : AllAfrica | 03-Jul-2008 13:19

South Africa: Private Sector Urged to Help Fight TB in the Workplace
The private sector has been challenged to work in partnership with government to help fight Tuberculosis (TB) in the workplace.
Source : AllAfrica | 02-Jul-2008 17:03