In South Africa men are 70% more likely to die from TB than women. Tackling social factors such as smoking and high alcohol consumption could save more lives.
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TB is the single most deadly infectious killer of humankind. New research shows food and proper nutrition work like a vaccine against the disease.
Tuberculosis is a preventable and curable disease, yet before the pandemic, it killed more people than any other infectious disease.
Social enterprises need to be proactive in improving their internal processes and structures. They also need to share essential information.
Drug-resistant microbes are a serious threat for future pandemics, but the new draft of the WHO’s international pandemic agreement may not include provisions for antimicrobial resistance.
Alcohol use contributes to over 200 different diseases, injuries, and conditions. It is also a risk factor for gender-based violence and violent crime.
This whirlwind tour of social history describes how infectious diseases have shaped humanity at every stage. It suggests reducing inequality will give us our best chance of surviving future plagues.
Less than half of the children aged 0-14 who have TB are diagnosed – so they never even start treatment.
Progress in many areas of TB control stalled or reversed mainly because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the recent geo-political situations.
BCG has been around for a century, but it’s still being studied for its ‘non-specific effects’.
Ashkenazi Jews are significantly more susceptible to a rare genetic disorder known as Gaucher disease.
We need a combination of new approaches to reduce age disparate sex. And we need new technologies to protect young women.
An expert in the lives and works Brontës argues that it’s time for a radical change in the way we think about Emily Brontë’s death.
Intensified efforts to obtain funding are urgently required to mitigate and reverse the negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on TB.
Addressing the noncommunicable disease pandemic can also mitigate challenges facing people living with HIV and complement efforts against TB.
There are several reasons that TB patients don’t or can’t adhere to their treatment.
Some vulnerable populations may have fallen through the cracks despite efforts to improve access to HIV services during the pandemic in Nigeria.
The overcrowded conditions of prisons make them a high-risk environment for the spread of infectious diseases such as TB.
Outpatient visits, screening and diagnostic services, and child immunisation were particularly negatively affected.
Beitbridge and Musina are two border towns in Zimbabwe and South Africa that see many migrants pass through – with different health needs.
Top contributors
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Canada Research Chair of Epidemiology & Global Health, McGill University
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Assistant Professor, Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI)
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Associate Professor, Melbourne Health
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Head of the Centre of Excellence for Biomedical TB Research, University of the Witwatersrand
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Faculty Member, Africa Health Research Institute; Associate professor, UCL
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Associate Professor in Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Sydney
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Honorary Research Associate, Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Research, University of Cape Town
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Faculty Member, Africa Health Research Institute; Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow, UCL
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Infectious Diseases Physician and Senior Clinical Lecturer, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Honorary Research Associate, University of Liverpool
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Dean Faculty of Health Sciences and Professor of Vaccinology at University of the Witwatersrand; and Director of the SAMRC Vaccines and Infectious Diseases Analytics Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand
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Head of the Immunology Research Group at the Division of Molecular Biology & Human Genetics, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University
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Associate Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of the Western Cape
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Head of the Division of Pulmonology, University of Cape Town
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Associate Professor, SARChI Research Chair in Mycobactomics, Stellenbosch University
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Professor of International Health at LSHTM and Member of Faculty, Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI)
