The mandate of the National Tuberculosis Control Programme is to provide leadership and stewardship to accelerate intense and coordinated efforts to reduce the adult TB burden of 290 per 100,000 population recently established in the 2013 National TB Prevalence Survey. Other key challenges are low T...B case notification, unacceptably high TB death rates, low antiretroviral therapy (ART) coverage among TB/HIV patients and low drug-resistant notification and treatment.
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This report has been developed, based on data provided by the TB & ORD surveillance system from across Rwanda. It provides a comprehensive picture of the occurrence and management of TB & ORD and Leprosy in Rwanda. It is structured based on the 2013-2018 Rwanda TB national strategic plan (2013-2018 ...TB NSP) and on the 2014-2018 Rwanda Leprosy national strategic plan (2014-2018 Leprosy NSP).
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Lunsar, Port Loko District, Sierra Leone
This study aimed to determine the drug resistance profile of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Mozambique and concludes that M. tuberculosis resistance to antituberculosis drugs is high in Mozambique, especially in previously treated patients. The frequency of M. tuberculosis strains that were resistant... to isoniazid, rifampin, and streptomycin in combination was found to be high, particularly in samples from previously treated patients.
J Bras Pneumol. 2014;40(2):142-147
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PLoS ONE 7(12): e52986. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0052986. Opern Access please download from the website
A new version is published in 2014
The World Health Organization (WHO) has been present in Niger since 1960, and acts as the Government's principal advisor on public health and lead of the health cluster. WHO covers all eight regions of the country with 113 staff members in Niamey and in 7 sub-offices (Agadez, Diffa, Zinder, Maradi,... Tillabéri, Dosso, Tahoua).
To strengthen its cooperation with Niger, WHO has recently developed a new Country Cooperation Strategy (CCS) for 2023-2027 period in collaboration with the Ministry of Public Health, Popula-tion and Social Affairs. The CPS is based on the WHO's 13th General Programme of Work (GPA) 2019-2025 and national priorities. It enables WHO to support Niger in the implementation of its national health policy and the 2022-2026 Health and Social Development Plan (HSSP).
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Six months in, the indirect impacts of COVID-19 take a toll on health, social and economic outcomes.
У Плані екстреного реагування з подолання пандемії коронавірусної інфекції covid-19 представлені заходи, які будуть запроваджені гуманітарними організаціям... в Україні протягом 2020 року для мінімізації впливу пандемії на здоров’я людей та її опосередкованих соціально-економічних наслідків для добробуту людей у різних сферах життя. З огляду на значні масштаби загрози COVID-19 для населення, заходи реагування будуть здійснюватися по всій Україні, але особлива увага приділятиметься Донецькій і Луганській областям, які потерпають від збройного конфлікту протягом останніх шести років. Так, заплановані заходи реагування на COVID-19 у двох постраждалих областях будуть розглядатись як додаток до поточного Плану гуманітарного реагування для України
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