GUIDELINES ON LEPROSY CONTROL IN SOUTH AFRICA | 2011
From policy to practice: how the TB-HIV response is working
“The HIV community must place much more focus on TB co-infection than
it has done to date. TB takes the lives of over 1000 people living with HIV
every day, a number which is absolutely unacceptable. This report highlights that
TB d...oesn’t have to be a death sentence for people living with HIV, but we need
more action. By joining forces, the HIV and TB community can finally give this
deadly issue the attention it deserves.”
– Mike Podmore, Director STOPAIDS
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On 17 October 2017, the Ugandan Ministry of Health notified WHO of a confirmed Marburg outbreak of Marburg Virus disease (MVD) in Kween district, Eastern Uganda. The outbreak was officially declared by the Ministry of health on 19 October 2017.
As of 7 November, four cases of MVD have been reported...- two confirmed (dead), one probable (dead) and one suspected. Other patients, previously reported as suspected cases, have since tested negative for the virus.
WHO has been implementing the Emergency Response Plan since 20 October 2017 when the Ministry of Health officially declared the outbreak. The Emergency Response Plan was developed on several assumptions which may now need to be revised.
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KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation - Your partner in the fight against TB
Accessed November 2017
Engage - TB
WHO/HTM/TB/2015.27
Tackling Tuberculosis in Under-Served Populations: A Resource for TB Control Boards and their partners
Migration & health position paper series
Cross-cutting health themes
Tuberculosis, Migration and human mobility
Statement
Impact of migration on infectious diseases in Europe | August 2007 | 1-7
J HEALTH POPUL NUTR 2010 Aug;28(4):327-332
ISSN 1606-0997
Public Health Situation Analysis and Interventions 10 October 2017
Tuberculosis MDR-TB & XDR-TB The 2008 Report