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Human rights
Ex-prisoner sues over TB

Dudley Lee is suing the Correctional Services Minister because, he says, he contracted tuberculosis while incarcerated at Pollsmoor prison nine years ago. The prison's poor conditions cause an awaiting-trial prisoner to have a 90% risk of becoming infected with latent TB every year that he is in prison.

Published
28 August 2012
From
Times Live
Money, benefits and housing
Infections among homeless could fuel wider epidemics: study

Homeless people across the world have dramatically higher rates of infection with tuberculosis (TB), HIV and hepatitis C and could fuel community epidemics that cost governments dear, a study showed on Monday.

Published
23 August 2012
From
Reuters
TB prevention
HIV and TB in Practice: Moving towards combination TB prevention

This article looks at research on TB prevention, in particular the move towards combination TB prevention.

Published
06 August 2012
From
HIV & AIDS treatment in practice
TB prevention
Taking isoniazid preventive therapy for one year reduces the risk of TB in people taking antiretroviral therapy

Twelve months of isoniazid (INH) preventive therapy (IPT) significantly reduced the incidence of all TB diagnoses among HIV-positive people who were taking concurrent antiretroviral therapy (ART) according to

Published
27 July 2012
By
Theo Smart
TB prevention
HIV and TB in Practice for nurses: cotrimoxazole prophylaxis

Cotrimoxazole prophylaxis is the use of a common antiobiotic to prevent a range of infections that commonly affect people living with HIV.

Published
23 June 2012
From
HIV & AIDS treatment in practice
TB prevention
HIV and TB in Practice for nurses: ART and TB prevention

This edition is particularly intended for nurses and community health workers interested in TB and HIV.

Published
07 June 2012
From
HIV & AIDS treatment in practice
Prisoners
African prisons: Justice Delayed, Health Denied

African justice systems must change to help curb HIV and tuberculosis transmission in prisons.

Published
06 June 2012
From
The Scientist
TB transmission
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.

Published
30 May 2012
From
Science Speaks
TB diagnosis
New laboratory tests to enhance TB diagnosis: Microscopy, LAM and Xpert MTB/RIF used as a drug resistance test

The third in a series looking at the implications of new laboratory tests for TB diagnosis, particularly in people living with HIV.

Published
25 May 2012
From
HIV & AIDS treatment in practice
TB diagnosis
Strengthening TB laboratory capacity to support active case finding

The role of new diagnostic tests for tuberculosis (TB) in supporting active case finding for TB.

Published
14 May 2012
From
HIV & AIDS treatment in practice
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