As young children have an increased risk of developing tuberculosis (TB) disease during the first year after infection, ...

Ahead of World TB Day, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) calls on all countries and international donors to prioritise and ensure sustained investments for diagnosing, treating, and preventing ...

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, children younger than the age of five are more likely to get sick with active tuberculosis, and to get sick more quickly than adults.

The new treatment regimen, recommended for patients aged three months to 16 years with non-severe drug-susceptible TB, is ...

CHILDREN who have tuberculosis (TB) can be treated faster over the course of four months, according to new national guidelines adopted by the Department of Health (DOH) based on the recommendation of ...

Tuberculosis, an ongoing pandemic, highlights and exacerbates global disparities. With the prevailing model of standardised treatment in vertical health programmes, it is unsurprising that ...

In India nearly 3-4 million children have tuberculosis and another 94 million are at risk for this disease. The annual infection rate is about 3%. These figures are underestimates as they have not ...

As young children have an increased risk of developing tuberculosis (TB) disease during the first year after infection, childhood TB serves as an indicator of ongoing transmission within a community.