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AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis

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[Global Fund] Johannesburg -- Private sector leaders, philanthropists, and global health experts convened today at the B20 Global Health Breakout, held on the margins of the G20 Leaders' Summit, to spotlight a new wave of innovation transforming the fight against AIDS, tuberculosis (TB), and malaria.

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[TB Alliance] Sorfequiline, previously known as TBAJ-876, was evaluated in combination with pretomanid and linezolid in a randomized, controlled trial in people with drug-sensitive TB

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[MSF] Copenhagen -- At the World Conference on Lung Health this week, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) released data from our operational research highlighting that using the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended treatment decision algorithms for diagnosing tuberculosis (TB) in children can nearly double the number of children who can be initiated on lifesaving TB ...

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[Leadership] The World Health Organisation (WHO) has revealed that tuberculosis (TB) claimed an estimated 1.23 million lives globally in 2024, maintaining its position as the world's leading infectious killer despite modest progress in control efforts.

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[spotlight] Around 54 000 people died of TB in South Africa in 2024 and 249 000 fell ill with the disease, according to new estimates from the World Health Organization (WHO).

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