Tag: tuberculosis

WHO SHARES PROJECT FOR ENDING CHIILDHOOD TB

WHO SHARES PROJECT FOR ENDING CHIILDHOOD TB

The urgency of researchers’ findings was reflected by the launch of the World Health Organisation’s roadmap to prevent and treat TB in children and adolescents. The roadmap, announced at the Union World Conference for Lung health, outlines an ambitious five-year plan with 10 key actions to improve the prevention, treatment, […]

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Tuberculosis Treatment Outcome and Associated Factors Among Tuberculosis Patients Linked to Tuberculosis Treatment Clinics in Ethiopia, 2023: A Multi-Center Retrospective Study

Ayenew Berhan,Andargachew Almaw, Yenealem Solomon, Biruk Legese,Shewaneh Damtie, Mulat Erkihun, Zewuditu Alebachew, Tahir Eyayu,,Getu Abeje,Birhanu Getie Background: Tuberculosis is a communicable disease, mainly caused by the bacillus Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Globally, TB is the ninth leading cause of death, with developing countries bearing most of the burden. The discovery of chemotherapy […]

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Epidemiology of first-and second-line anti-tuberculosis drug resistance in new pulmonary tuberculosis cases in Addis Ababa metropolitan area, Ethiopia

Gizachew Taddesse Akalu 1,2*, Belay Tessema 3, Waganeh Sinshaw 4, Misikir Amare 4, Getu Diriba 4, Melak Getu 4, Betselot Zerihun 4, Beyene Petros 1 Author’s Affiliations 1. Department of Microbial, Cellular, and Molecular Biology, College of Natural and Computational Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 2. Depatment of […]

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