https://www.bizcommunity.com/410/150.html Africa Tuberculosis news 15 Tuberculosis news - Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/res/img/logo.gif https://www.bizcommunity.com/410/150.html en-us Sun, 18 Oct 2026 17:39:15 +0200 https://www.bizcommunity.africa/Article/410/150/234586.html Effective tuberculosis (TB) treatment has been available for the past 60 years. But TB remains the leading cause of death from a single infectious agent. It ranks above HIV and AIDS and others. This is partly because of the impact of HIV co-infection among TB patients in places like Africa and emergency of MDR-XDR TB. Lack of both gender mainstreaming and reduction of stigma manifested by persistently lower reported cases among women that men is of continued concern. 1-234586 Tue, 20 Dec 2022 10:06:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Tuberculosis Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/848/231803.html Anglo American and the Anglo American Foundation have together pledged $15m to support the Global Fund in its mission to end HIV/Aids, tuberculosis, and malaria and build resilient systems for health and pandemic preparedness. The pledge was made during the Global Fund's Seventh Replenishment week. 1-231803 Thu, 22 Sep 2022 11:42:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Tuberculosis Africa https://www.bizcommunity.africa/Article/410/330/216058.html In a time when the world is focusing on Covid-19 vaccines, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has highlighted the importance of routine immunisations for diseases such as measles, tetanus and polio. 1-216058 Fri, 21 May 2021 06:35:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Tuberculosis Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/148/211477.html What a year 2020 has been! So, we've curated the year's most popular articles, most-read contributors and brand press offices with the most views on Bizcommunity's Healthcare platform into our #BestofBiz2020 list, to give you a comprehensive perspective on what's happened. 1-211477 Mon, 14 Dec 2020 09:00:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Tuberculosis Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/16/209692.html Congratulations to the SME companies who have won full-page BizListing entries in Bizcommunity's business directory. 1-209692 Mon, 26 Oct 2020 12:35:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Tuberculosis Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/148/199087.html We've compiled our annual #BestofBiz 2019 lists across all our industries featuring our most popular articles, most-read contributors and brand press offices with the most views. Discover the most read content on Bizcommunity's Healthcare site over the past year below. 1-199087 Tue, 17 Dec 2019 09:07:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Tuberculosis Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/150/198778.html Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the world's deadliest infectious diseases. It's massive, it's tricky, and treatment can be exhausting (and toxic). But there may be new hope for TB treatment on the horizon: nanomedicine. 1-198778 Fri, 06 Dec 2019 14:43:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Tuberculosis Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/150/198161.html An ongoing clinical trial is underway to further evaluate a new tuberculosis (TB) vaccine candidate MTBVAC in an adult endemic population. 1-198161 Thu, 21 Nov 2019 07:26:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Tuberculosis Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/150/197739.html Important gains have been made in the global fight against tuberculosis (TB). Each year, fewer people are being diagnosed with the disease. The recent World Health Organisation (WHO) global TB report, which gathers data from 202 countries and territories, shows a 6.3% reduction in the number of new TB infections between 2015 and 2018. This trend of decreasing incidence is also evident in Africa, where it fell from 275 per 100,000 people in 2015 to 231 per 100,000 in 2018. 1-197739 Mon, 11 Nov 2019 06:05:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Tuberculosis Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/150/196829.html Until national leaders step up, tuberculosis (TB) remains the single most lethal infectious disease globally, killing some 1.6-million people annually, surpassing even HIV/Aids. 1-196829 Fri, 18 Oct 2019 08:44:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Tuberculosis Africa