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New guidelines and medicines poised to boost TB prevention efforts in South Africa (post)
In their current form, South Africa’s TB preventive therapy (TPT) guidelines are out of step with the World Health Organization (WHO)’s guidance on TPT that recommends the use of new, shorter course TPT regimens, as well as providing TPT to all household contacts of people with TB.
5 things to know about the new 4-month TB treatment regimen (post)
On February 24, 2022, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published new interim guidance in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report on a 4-month treatment regimen as an option for US patients with drug-susceptible pulmonary tuberculosis (TB).[1] The 4-month treatment regimen consists of high-dose daily rifapentine with moxifloxacin, isoniazid, and pyrazinamide. Shorter regimens help patients complete treatment faster.
WHO consultation on guidance development for conducting TB programme reviews (post)
28 July 2022 | Geneva -- Over 130 participants from countries, civil society, affected communities, partners and the private sector joined a virtual consultation organized by WHO’s Global TB Programme on the development of guidance for conducting reviews of TB programmes.
The IJTLD Clinical Standards for Lung Health (post)
The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (IJTLD) published the first four Clinical Standards for Lung Health.
WHO releases updated Guidance for national strategic planning for TB (post)
The World Health Organization (WHO) is releasing new guidance to support national strategic planning for the tuberculosis (TB) response. The guidance encourages the use of a people-centeric focus in the development of national TB strategic plan (NSP). It highlights the importance of government stewardship and ownership, promotes alignment with national health strategy and other health programmes, emphasizes multi stakeholder and multi-sectoral engagement as one of the key steps for multisectoral accountability for TB.
WHO #EndTB webinar: Virtual launch of the Guidance for national strategic planning for TB (post)
The World Health Organization (WHO) will host a webinar on 6 September 2022 to present the updated Guidance for national strategic planning for TB, and share perspectives and experiences from countries, civil society and partners.
Questionnaire on community participation in guidelines development groups (post)
Advocates, affected communities and their representatives are invited to take part in a short survey aiming to assess community participation in guidelines development.
Union Conference post-graduate course: Latest updates on WHO TB guidelines (post)
The World Health Organization (WHO)’s Global TB Program will conduct a free post-graduate course on the latest TB guidelines and recommendations on 13 October 2022 as part of the 53rd Union World Conference on Lung Health (Union Conference).
IJTLD Literature Highlights: Clinical standards for TB (post)
The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (IJTLD) released Literature Highlights compiling four clinical standards for TB now available free to read on PubMed Central.
Practical manual on TB laboratory strengthening, 2022 update (post)
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