Tag: #Tuberculosis
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TB Prevention Gaps Keep Global Elimination Off Track
Key Developments: A global health expert says expanding tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis and treatment alone will not eliminate the disease. The article identifies poverty, undernutrition, diabetes, smoking, alcohol use and weak preventive healthcare as major drivers of TB. Experts call for stronger political leadership, prevention-focused policies and integrated healthcare to achieve global TB elimination goals. (Springer)…
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TB takes 56,000 lives annually in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Jan 19 (APP): As many as 160,000 tuberculosis (TB) patients are missed from treatment and around 56,000 deaths are occurred due to this disease in Pakistan every year. According to an official of National TB Control Programme, the figures of patients diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB) are increasing in Pakistan as estimated 27,000 new cases…