WHO calls for immediate action as report shows 10 per cent rise in child TB infections in European region
Reuters Tuberculosis (TB) infections among children in the European region rose 10 per cent in 2023, indicating ongoing transmission and the need for immediate public health measures to control the spread, the World Health Organization said on Monday. WHO’s European region, which comprises 53 countries in Europe and Central Asia, reported more than 7,500 cases […]
Some malaria, HIV, TB program cuts reversed by US, groups say, but UN release emergency aid reserves after “brutal” donor cuts
London, UK Reuters Some lifesaving health projects that had their US funding contracts abruptly terminated last week have received letters reversing that decision, several of the groups told Reuters. The aid recipients said the decisions were promising, but that their work remains in limbo as funding for their projects from the world’s biggest donor had […]
Services to millions of people collapse as USAID cuts contracts worldwide
London, UK/Johannesburg, South Africa/Geneva, Switzerland Reuters US-funded projects worldwide, including those providing lifesaving care for millions of people in countries such as Sudan and South Africa, received termination notices on Thursday sending shockwaves across the global aid community. The latest cancellations come as US President Donald Trump’s administration nears completion of a review to ensure […]
Tuberculosis returns as top infectious disease killer, WHO says
Reuters Tuberculosis replaced COVID-19 to become the top cause for infectious disease-related deaths in 2023, according to a World Health Organization report published on Tuesday, highlighting the challenges in the global effort in eradicating the disease. A sample that tested positive for tuberculosis is seen from a microscope in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 29th March, […]
Climate change hitting fight against AIDS, TB and malaria
London, UK Reuters Climate change and conflict are hitting efforts to tackle three of the world’s deadliest infectious diseases, the head of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has warned. International initiatives to fight the diseases have largely recovered after being badly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Fund’s 2023 […]
Essay: TB is once again the deadliest disease in Africa – what went wrong?
TOM NYIRENDA looks, in an article first published on The Conversation, at the impact of COVID-19 on the fight against tuberculosis…
Tuberculosis deaths rose during pandemic, reversing years of decline – WHO
Reuters Global deaths from tuberculosis are estimated to have increased between 2019 and 2021, reversing years of decline as the COVID-19 pandemic severely derailed efforts to tackle the disease, the World Health Organization said on Thursday. Global efforts to tackle deadly diseases such as AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria have suffered during the COVID-19 pandemic. The […]
World leaders pledge billions to fight AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria on UN sidelines
United Nations/New York City, US Reuters The Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria on Wednesday reached $US14.25 billion pledged as world leaders seek to fight the killer diseases after progress was knocked off course by the COVID-19 pandemic. US President Joe Biden, who hosted the conference in New York on the sidelines of […]
Fight against AIDS, TB and malaria bounced back post-COVID – but not enough
London, UK Reuters Efforts to tackle AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria began to recover last year after being hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, but the world is still not on track to defeat these killer diseases, according to a report. In its 2022 report, released on Monday, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, […]
COVID-19 disruption causing many deaths from TB, AIDS in poorest countries, fund says
Geneva, Switzerland Reuters Hundreds of thousands of people will die of tuberculosis left untreated because of disruption to healthcare systems in poor countries caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, a global aid fund said. In a few of the world’s poorest countries, excess deaths from AIDS and tuberculosis could even exceed those from the coronavirus itself, […]