Public Health Fact Sheet
Involving the Community in Responding to TB/HIV: Outcomes of Community-Led Monitoring and Advocacy
Accessed November 2017
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                                                2nd edition. Children with TB comprise about 10-12% of the total TB cases diagnosed in the country. This burden is likely to be higher given the challenges in diagnosing TB in children. The symptoms of TB in children mimic those of other childhood diseases. Children do not readily expectorate and th...ey have pauci-bacillary TB hence some will be missed using bacteriological tests. The government has however introduced  GeneXpert molecular testing that is more sensitive than microscopy in detecting TB. Health care workers therefore need a reference guide to obtaining sputum from children for testing. Treatment  of  TB  in  children  has  been  reviewed  and  now  includes Ethambutol. There are now improved paediatric friendly TB medicines for treatment of TB in children and health care workers need a reference guide to enable them accurately  dispense the TB medicine to children. Malnutrition is a common predisposing factor for TB in children. On the other hand, TB predisposes children to malnutrition or worsens an existing state of malnutrition. Nutrition care and support forms an integral part of treatment for a child with TB disease.
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                                                                Global Plan to end TB 2016-2020
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                                                Une application importante de la santé numérique dans les soins aux patients atteints de tuberculose est le soutien qu'elle peut apporter à l'observance du traitement.  Les programmes de lutte contre la tuberculose utilisent déjà le service de messages courts (SMS), le traitement assisté par v...idéo (VOT) et le dispositif de surveillance des événements pour le soutien des médicaments (EMM)1 pour aider les patients à terminer leur traitement et les travailleurs de la santé à surveiller à la fois la posologie quotidienne et la continuité du traitement
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                                                                One  important  application  of  digital  health  in  TB  patient  care  is  the  support  that  it  can  lend  to  medication  adherence.  TB  programmes  have  already  been  using  short  message  service  (SMS),  video-supported treatment (VOT) and event monitoring device for medication support ...(EMM)1 to help patients complete  treatment  and  health-care  workers  to  monitor  both  daily  dosing  and  treatment  continuity
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                                                                Trials (2017) 18:152, DOI 10.1186/s13063-017-1881-z
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                                                A review of available evidence (2016).
28-29 June 2016; Geneva, Switzerland
The END TB strategy. 
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                                                Zoonotic tuberculosis (TB) is a form of TB in people predominantly caused by  the  bacterial  species,  Mycobacterium  bovis,  which  belongs  to  the  M. tuberculosis complex. The implications of zoonotic TB go beyond human health.  The  organism  is  host-adapted  to  cattle,  where  it  is  refer...red  to  as  bovine TB, and it also causes TB in other animal species including wildlife. Bovine TB has an important economic impact and threatenslivelihoods.
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                                                                Глобальный доклад о туберкулезе ВОЗ призван дать всеобъемлющую и актуальную оценку эпидемии туберкулеза (ТБ) и достижений в области его лечения и профилактики на ...лобальном, региональном и страновом уровняхi. Такая оценка проводится в контексте рекомендованных глобальных стратегий по борьбе с ТБ и связанных с ними целевых показателей, а также более широких целей в области развития. 
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                                                                В настоящем отчете (это уже четвертое его издание) анализируются препятствия и факторы, затрудняющие доступ к препаратам для лечения лекарственно-устойчивого туб...ркулеза, в том числе новым и применяющимся по новым показаниям.
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                                                                Review
Triccas and Counoupas Pneumonia (2016) 8:18; DOI 10.1186/s41479-016-0020-z