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Tag: Infectious Diseases
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Use of GeneXpert in Northern Uganda
The “gold standard has to be the GeneXpert” asserted respondents in CPAR Uganda’s qualitative investigation into pulmonary tuberculosis (TB). GeneXpert machines facilitate diagnosis of TB. As of 2010 GeneXpert is a World Health Organisation recommended technology for detecting TB. The Uganda National TB and Leprosy Control Programme (NTLP), in its current strategic plan, recommend the…
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Tuberculosis in Northern Uganda
As the world battles with the novel Coronavirus COVID-19, we find it timely to share this briefing on the findings of an empirical investigation into tuberculosis in Uganda. It should be noted that unlike in other parts of the world, TB is equally a pandemic in Uganda. Thousands of Ugandans are infected with TB and…
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Tuberculosis is a pandemic
Uganda’s forgotten active pandemic is tuberculosis (TB). According to TB Alliance, the World Health Organisation (WHO) acknowledges that “TB is the leading infectious cause of death in the world, killing 1.5 million each year.” World Health Organisation The New Vision published a story in which it was reported that the Ministry of Health TB Survey (2014-2015)…
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Research – findings TB on rise in Uganda
Dr Stavia Turyahabwe, Programme Manager, Uganda National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control Programme, agreed with research findings of CPAR Uganda’s investigation into pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) in Uganda, which found that TB is on the increase in Uganda. This was revealed in a story: “Tuberculosis on the rise in northern Uganda,” which was published on 20th July…
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Research – situation analysis Uganda TB deaths & poverty
Poverty is a determinant of successful treatment or not of tuberculosis (TB). A Uganda TB survivor, for example, narrated how while at a government hospital she and her fellow patients had to fend for themselves, food wise. The long distances from home to the facility where they were isolated made it difficult for their families…
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Research – situation analysis why TB deaths in Uganda
Experts at the National TB and Leprosy Programme (NTLP) of Uganda estimate that there are 60,000 patients living with tuberculosis (TB) in Uganda. In 2014, according to the WHO Global Tuberculosis Report 2015, Uganda was among the 22 high TB burden countries in the world – those which have a high number of TB cases.…
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Research – TB survivor testimony
“Twenty five years ago, I woke up early in the morning, around 05:00 a.m. and I went to the spring well to fetch water. It is good to fetch drinking water very early in the morning. As I tried to draw water from the well, I slid and fell into the well. I stayed in…
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Research – situation analysis world TB funding
One finds it surprising that countries such as Russia with a GDP per capita of US$ 13,011 and Brazil with a GDP per capita of US$ 11,734 are among the 22 tuberculosis (TB) disease burdened countries (TB countries), together with ‘poorer’ countries such as DR Congo with a GDP per capita of only US$ 442.…
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Research – situation analysis TB funding in East Africa
Considering that tuberculosis (TB) is among infectious diseases that are transmitted through the air, it is logical to expect that nations would consider its treatment and control of utmost priority. One would not expect, for example, inconsistency between a country’s ability to pay, in this context measured by its gross domestic product (GDP) per capita…
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Research – situation analysis TB funding in Uganda
One cannot assume that Uganda’s entire tuberculosis (TB) budget provision per capita wholesomely and directly reaches TB patients who most need it. In Uganda, for example, funding for the National TB Programme is intended to cover costs for policy making, advocacy, communication, production of technical guidelines, production of operational guidelines, procurement of drugs and supplies,…
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