Efforts to Accelerate Tuberculosis Case Discovery in Tangerang City, Banten, Indonesia

Efforts to Accelerate Tuberculosis Case Discovery in Tangerang City, Banten, Indonesia

KOMPAS/PRIYOMBODO X-ray results of one of the residents in the Active Case Finding TB activity at the Larangan District office, Tangerang City, Banten, Thursday (5/1/2023). This screening activity is an effort to accelerate the discovery of TB cases in the community early considering that TB is an infectious disease. JAKARTA, KOMPAS — Tuberculosis is still … Read more

Understanding the Meaning of Sputum Colors: What Your Phlegm Is Telling You About Your Health

Understanding the Meaning of Sputum Colors: What Your Phlegm Is Telling You About Your Health

Doctors say that the color of sputum can determine the health status of the body. (Schematic diagram/pixabay) Phlegm is the secretion of the human respiratory tract. It can keep the respiratory tract moist and absorb dust, bacteria and other microorganisms to be expelled from the body. According to common sense, usually healthy people have no … Read more

Top 10 Positive News Stories of 2023: Hopeful Approach for the Future

Top 10 Positive News Stories of 2023: Hopeful Approach for the Future

More than 21,000 Palestinians have died in Gaza since Hamas attacked Israel on October 7 and the Israeli Government of Benjamin Netanyahu responded with a daily bombing campaign against the Strip. The war in Ukraine is entrenched and is advancing inexorably towards its second anniversary. In Sudan, nearly seven million people have been forced to … Read more

Chronic Fatigue: Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment

Chronic Fatigue: Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment

If you rest too much, your muscles will weaken… Be careful of other symptoms such as fever. Entered 2023.12.28 15:22 Views 1,055 Entered 2023.12.28 15:22 Modified 2023.12.28 12:39 Views 1,055 If you are always tired and the fatigue is extreme enough to interfere with your daily life, you may have a health problem. [사진=클립아트코리아] Anyone … Read more

Ministry of Health Warns of Escalating Cases of Neglected Infectious Diseases

Ministry of Health Warns of Escalating Cases of Neglected Infectious Diseases

KOMPAS/PRIYOMBODO A medical officer marks the arm of a resident undergoing a Mantoux test during the “Active Case Finding TB” activity at the Larangan District office, Tangerang City, Banten, Thursday (5/1/2023). JAKARTA, KOMPAS – During the Covid-19 pandemic, all attention was paid to treating various diseases. This makes efforts to control diseases other than Covid-19 … Read more

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Provides $55 Million for Phase IIb Trial of MTBVAC Vaccine Against Tuberculosis

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Provides  Million for Phase IIb Trial of MTBVAC Vaccine Against Tuberculosis

IAVI, a global non-profit scientific research organization, and the Spanish biopharmaceutical company Biofabria subsidiary of the Zendal group, announced yesterday that the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has granted them 55 million dollars to carry out the Phase IIb trial that evaluates the safety and efficacy of the MTBVAC vaccine, a candidate against tuberculosis (TB). … Read more

Understanding the Symptoms of Various Diseases: Gum Disease, Nosebleeds, Respiratory Diseases, and the Possibility of Lung Cancer

Understanding the Symptoms of Various Diseases: Gum Disease, Nosebleeds, Respiratory Diseases, and the Possibility of Lung Cancer

Possibility of various diseases such as gum disease, nosebleeds, respiratory diseases… Lung cancer should also be checked. Entered 2023.12.18 19:26 Views 22 Entered 2023.12.18 19:26 Modified 2023.12.18 17:38 Views 22 If high fever persists and cough, yellow phlegm, and difficulty breathing appear after contracting the flu, complications such as pneumonia should be suspected. do. [사진=게티이미지] … Read more

WHO ranks Thailand as number 1 in the world in universal health coverage for tuberculosis.

WHO ranks Thailand as number 1 in the world in universal health coverage for tuberculosis.

World Health Organization Praise Thailand for being number 1 in the world in access to universal health coverage for tuberculosis. Take care of the people equally, with quality, efficiency, and comprehensiveness in screening, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. From the stage of The Union World Conference on Lung Health 2023 in Paris, France. The World Health … Read more

Presidential Advisor for Health Affairs: Egypt provides all tuberculosis drugs free of charge

Presidential Advisor for Health Affairs: Egypt provides all tuberculosis drugs free of charge

Written by Amal Allam Monday, November 20, 2023 12:00 AM Dr. Mohamed Awad Taj El-Din, Advisor to the President of the Republic for Health and Prevention Affairs, revealed that the Egyptian National Program for Diagnosis and Treatment tuberculosis “TB” is a successful program, with a clear strategy and has been operating very efficiently for several … Read more