Diagnosis Of Tuberculosis Is Increased In Postpartum Women

The incidence of tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis is significantly increased in mothers postpartum, suggesting a potential new population to target for screening, according to a new UK-wide cohort study…

Tuberculosis Diagnosis Rate Higher Among New Mothers After Childbirth

According to a new UK-wide cohort study published online in the American Thoracic Society’s American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, the incidence of TB (tuberculosis) diagnosis is substantially higher in new mothers after childbirth, indicating that this group of women represents a potentially new target group selected for screening…

Also In Global Health News: South Africa TB Study; Plight Of Widows; Africa Invests In Science; Global Fund Money To Indonesia

Study In South Africa Examines TB/HIV Coinfection, MDR-TB Researchers found that 50 percent of deceased patients at a hospital in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal were infected with active tuberculosis, and 17 percent of those with active TB had a multi-drug resistant strain, according to a PLoS Medicine study published on Tuesday, Nature News reports (Maxmen, 6/23)…

Global Fund Launches Campaign To Generate Public Support For Preventing Mother-To-Child Transmission Of HIV

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria on Thursday launched a campaign to generate public support for efforts to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV by 2015, the BBC reports. “The Born HIV Free campaign comes at a critical time, with the fund seeking donations of up to $20bn over the next three years,” the BBC continues…

Global Fund Releases Latest Impact Data, Projections For Improving Global Health In Next Decade

By 2015, mother-to-child HIV transmission will be virtually eliminated and deaths from malaria and tuberculosis will continue to decline if health investments for the diseases are maintained or scaled up, according to an annual results report published Monday by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Agence France-Presse/Africasia.com reports (3/8)…

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