Health
KCs report the pitfalls and successes of national, local and community-based health initiatives such as immunization and blood donor schemes.
The impact diseases such as malaria, cancer, rubella, tuberculosis and malnutrition have on individual lives and communities are also documented as are outbreaks of diseases such as hepatitis B.
Of particular relevance for KCs is the impact co-infection has on the lives of individuals, families and communities.
The stigma, myths, rumours and attitudes those living with various health issues face is also documented.
Uganda trails in global race to cut TB deaths
Uganda and Afghanistan were the only two countries in the world where Tuberculosis (TB) deaths did not decline last year according to the latest World Health Organization global TB report.
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Fight or eliminate TB: what are the reasonable measures?
In as much as as we try to eliminate TB, we need not underrate its impact. It may sound easy to say that we can eliminate TB, but do we need to change the weapons or has it reached a time when we have to put the weapons down and settle issues more amicably? Whatever way, TB is with us and infecting people even as we plan the elimination strategy. more
Transforming the fight towards elimination: World TB Day (24 March)
From www.citizen-news.org
According to the Stop TB Partnership, for World TB Day 2011 we enter the second year of a two-year campaign, “On the move against tuberculosis” whose goal is to inspire innovation in TB research and care. This year’s campaign challenges us to look at the fight against TB in an entirely new way: that every step we take should be a step towards TB elimination. go
Engaging affected women is key in fighting genital TB
From www.citizen-news.org
Genital TB can happen to men and women both - but due to already existing gender-based inequalities and other factors, the impact of genital TB is likely to be severe on a woman. go
CHALLENGES IN TREATMENT OF TB TOWARDS WORLDS TB DAY
Over one million Africans lose their lives to tuberculosis (TB) every year. The continent has the world’s highest rate of infection and is one of the few places where TB incidence is still on the rise. Kenya ranks number 10 worlwide, and about 70 kenyans die of TB each day. TB is often undiagnosed, and there is a need for more awareness, and more effective screening to ensure those at risk are detected. more
ZAMBART scores more successes in the STAMPP Project
The Strengthening of TB, AIDS & Malaria Prevention Programme (STAMPP) is a European Union study at Zambar whose aim is to strengthen the existing prevention, treatment and cure strategies of TB and HIV at the community level. The study covered six provinces of Zambia: Central, Copperbelt, Eastern, Luapula, Lusaka and Southern. more
TB-HIV co-infection: Antiretroviral therapy (ART) and anti-TB treatment save lives
From www.citizen-news.org
Starting antiretroviral therapy (ART) in people co-infected with HIV and tuberculosis (TB) saves lives. This reinforces an already existing body of evidence of beneficial public health outcomes of providing ART along with standard anti-TB treatment to TB and HIV co-infected people. go
‘Be The Change’ in tuberculosis control among women
From www.citizen-news.org
Although women get diagnosed for tuberculosis (TB) later than men, treatment outcomes among women are better than men with higher TB treatment success rate and lower default (drop-out) rate in the female patients. Among the unreached people who need TB care, a significant number of them are likely to be poor and probably women. There is a lot more we need to do to bring in the desired change in diagnosing people with TB as early as possible and treating them with standard regimens successfully. go