Tuberculosis

Stagnation in TB care worries health officials

Moses Ndhaye | November 27, 2023

Health experts say that 50% of the patients suffering from Tuberculosis (TB) do not show any symptoms and they are living freely in the community spreading the disease unknowingly. According to a researcher at the World Alliance for Lung and Intensive Care Medicine in Uganda (WALIMU), Dr.Achillis Katamba, for the […]

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Researchers call for decentralized TB care to reduce burden

Moses Ndhaye | October 20, 2023

Researchers from the Re-Imaging Tuberculosis Care (RTC), a global initiative engaging in the fight against TB, say decentralizing the care of the disease will help to reduce the burden. Uganda is one of the world’s thirty (30) high-burden countries for TB and TB/HIV co-infection. Each year, approximately 91,000 people in […]

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Govt rethinking new TB care strategy

Moses Ndhaye | August 23, 2023

Government is considering introducing a new Tuberculosis care treatment strategy that will help the country to stop the spread of the disease. Uganda is one of the world’s thirty (30) high-burden countries for TB and HIV co-infection. Each year, approximately 91,000 people in Uganda get TB with 32% of them […]