To ensure sustainable and long-term impact in the fight against childhood tuberculosis, the Global TB Program is intimately involved in the development of young physicians and junior investigators in ...

Tuberculosis is one of the leading causes of death due to infectious disease. Its treatment lasts for several months (with side effects), which makes adherence a major challenge. The current ‘directly ...

Since the global youth movement, 1+1 youth Initiative was launched on World TB Day 2019, followed by the adoption of the Youth Declaration to End TB at the first-ever Global Youth Townhall on ending ...

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, is expanding its Tuberculosis Research Units (TBRU) program in an effort to drive ...

Patients with tuberculosis in the West African country of Senegal who participated in an intervention program that included improved communication with health personnel and community involvement had ...

CHULA VISTA, Calif. — San Diego County's Tuberculosis Prevention and Care Program Thursday announced a potential exposure to multidrug-resistant tuberculosis for Southwestern Community College ...

Santa Barbara County’s Tuberculosis Control Program today will likely get the go-ahead from the Board of Supervisors to use nearly $30,000 from the California Department of Public Health’s ...

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jan. 12, 2007–Dole Food Company, Inc. today announced that it will strengthen its widely successful Tuberculosis (TB) initiative in 2007 at the company’s two ...

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Tuberculosis, caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), kills upwards of 1.6 million people a year, making it one of the leading causes of death by an infectious agent worldwide.