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  HIV and TB in Practice for nurses: Pregnancy and TB/HIV

  This article explains how to prevent and treat TB in pregnant women to protect both mother and child....

  From:  HIV & AIDS treatment in practice

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  HIV and TB in Practice for nurses: Drug-resistant TB

  This article summarises the key recommendations on the diagnosis and treatment of drug-resistant TB for nurses, and highlights examples of best practice in their care....

  From:  HIV & AIDS treatment in practice

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  HIV and TB in Practice for nurses: TB infection control

  This article provides practical information for nurses on TB infection control....

  From:  HIV & AIDS treatment in practice

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  ART and TB prevention

  This edition explores what is known about the potential benefits and limits of antiretroviral therapy (ART) for TB prevention and control....

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  TB transmission in healthcare settings and improving infection control

  TB infection control in health care facilities is vital for the control of TB among people with HIV....

  From:  HIV & AIDS treatment in practice

TB transmission news from aidsmap

• A low CD4 cell count, weight and haemoglobin can identify which HIV-positive patients are more likely to have undiagnosed TB

  Undiagnosed tuberculosis (TB) is common among patients receiving routine HIV care in South Africa, a study published in the online edition of the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes suggests, reinforcing World Health Organization guidance regarding routine screening of ...

  04 April 2012 | Michael Carter

• Patients taking TB treatment may be potentially infectious for longer than previously thought

  Patients taking directly observed therapy (DOTS) for tuberculosis (TB) may be potentially infectious for longer than previously thought, investigators report in the August 15th edition of Clinical Infectious Diseases. Moreover, the researchers found that many patients were TB culture-positive ...

  10 August 2010 | Michael Carter

• South African gold mines a 'TB factory', activist claims

  The gold-mining sector came under heavy criticism from clinicians, ex-miners, advocacy groups and the Minister of Health for the tuberculosis crisis it faces at the recent South African TB Conference, held in Durban from 1 to ...

  10 June 2010 | Lesley Odendal

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• Tuberculosis: Europe’s Ticking Timebomb

  On World Tuberculosis Day the TB Europe Coalition called on the European Commission to substantially increase funding to fight tuberculosis in Europe. Tuberculosis causes not only illness and death, according to estimates, it costs EU Member States €15 million every week and €750 million every year.

  20 March 2013 | TB Europe Coalition

• Los Angeles health officials concerned about TB outbreak on skid row

  Los Angeles County health officials have asked for federal assistance to analyze and contain an outbreak of tuberculosis within the city's homeless population, a spokeswoman for the county agency said on Friday.

  25 February 2013 | Reuters

• Reducing TB transmission in ‘hotspots’ could have widespread benefit

  In a recent study published in the journal PNAS, researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health discovered that public health efforts to reduce tuberculosis transmission in geographic “hotspots” where infections are highest could significantly reduce TB transmission on a broader scale.

  30 May 2012 | Science Speaks

• KENYA: Curbing the spread of TB in infected households

  Good hygiene practices are an important component of TB infection control and prevention, but maintaining them is not easy in an informal settlement, where houses are crammed together and sanitation facilities hard to come by.

  25 May 2012 | IRIN Plus News

• SWAZILAND: Nurses demand protection from TB infection

  Hospitals are not protecting their workers from tuberculosis (TB) infection, say nurses in Swaziland, who recently staged a rare public demonstration to draw attention to how vulnerable they are to this highly infectious disease.

  27 April 2012 | IRIN Plus News

• China reports 900,000 cases of active TB in 2011

  About 900,000 cases of active tuberculosis (TB) were discovered and treated in 2011, including 423,000 infectious cases, the Ministry of Health (MOH) announced Monday at a press conference.

  20 March 2012 | Xinhuanet.com

• Simple face masks could significantly prevent spread of TB to non-infected patients

  (American Thoracic Society) Face masks worn by patients infected with tuberculosis (TB) may be able to significantly cut transmission rates to non-infected patients, according to a new study by researchers from the US and South Africa.

  17 May 2011 | Eurekalert Inf Dis

• Zambia employs innovative techniques to stop spread of TB

  The Center’s Christine Lubinski and Rabita Aziz describe visits to ZAMSTAR’s TB programs in Livingstone and Lusaka, Zambia, during a recent Congressional delegate trip to Africa.

  09 September 2010 | Science Speaks

• Prison overcrowding leading to TB spread in South Africa

  Severe overcrowding in KwaZulu-Natal's prisons is contributing to the spread of HIV and tuberculosis and driving the high death toll in prisons.

  02 September 2010 | AllAfrica

• The HIV and TB Prison Crisis in Southern Africa

  In 1988, while Nelson Mandela was in prison, he contracted tuberculosis (TB). TB is common in prisons, with overcrowded cells and poor ventilation facilitating transmission. Mandela is now long free, but TB remains a threat to all prisoners - and to all South Africans.

  23 July 2010 | Human Rights Watch HIV/TB

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