“We have entered a strange era of human history: A preventable, curable infectious disease remains our deadliest. That’s the world we are currently choosing,” John Green says in his book on ...
Patients crippled by tuberculosis are treated outdoors in the snow at the Harlow Wood Orthopaedic Hospital in Nottinghamshire ...
Welcome back to the TB Tipsheet 16 - a resource for journalists on tuberculosis (TB) that TB Alliance produces throughout the year. In the lead up to World TB Day on March 24, this edition begins by ...
MUMBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - On her train commute to work in Mumbai, Nandita Venkatesan logs on to Facebook to check the many messages she receives every day from young tuberculosis (TB) ...
8-year-old Asma, a TB patient who nears completion of her treatment, receives consultation at the Government General Hospital Samanabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan. For far too long, TB has been “the ...
What you need to know: Dr James Okello, the Nwoya district’s acting health officer, stated that their activities were characterised by high levels of stigma and discrimination against individuals ...
Antibiotics transform TB care, but without stable health systems, housing improvements, and poverty reduction, the disease ...
A Human rights organization in Nigeria has identified stigma and discrimination as the major challenges faced by persons affected by Tuberculosis in Nigeria. A comprehensive report of findings by ...