Articles by: TRAC

Determinants of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Demelash Assefa1Berhanu Seyoum2Lemessa Oljira21KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation,Addis Ababa, 2 School of Public Health,College of Health and MedicalSciences, Haramaya University, Harar,Ethiopia Abstract: Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) has been jeopardizing the global effort to prevent and control tuberculosis (TB). However, data on MDR-TB in Ethiopia in general, and in our study area in particular, […]

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Ethiopia and Malawi to Cochair SEARN-TB

Ethiopia and Malawi to Cochair SEARN-TB

Inspired by Tuberculosis Research Advisory Council (TRAC) and hosted by the Armauer Hansen Research Institute (AHRI), the 1st meeting of Southern and East African Regional Network for Tuberculosis (SEARN-TB) was held in Addis Ababa. The network aims to strengthen coordination and harmonization of TB control approaches with a particular focus […]

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Ethiopia hosting the first meeting of the Southern and Eastern African Regional TB Network (SEARN-TB)

Ethiopia hosting the first meeting of the Southern and Eastern African Regional TB Network (SEARN-TB)

The first network meeting of the Southern and Eastern African Regional Network for TB (SEARN-TB) is well underway in Addis Ababa. NTP Managers, TB Coordinators, and other communicable disease managers joined from Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia, Somaliland, Uganda, South Africa, Namibia, Zambia, Lesotho, Seychelles, Comoros, Mozambique, Eswatini, Botswana, Malawi, and Madagascar […]

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