| SOUTH AFRICA: First nurses trained to initiate MDR-TB treatment |
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DURBAN، 19/6/2012 (PlusNews) - South Africa will increasingly move towards nurse-initiated treatment for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in the next five years, and a programme in KwaZulu-Natal Province, which has a high HIV/TB burden, is already training nurses to manage MDR-TB patients. full report |
| SOUTH AFRICA: Overcrowding fuels TB in prisons |
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DURBAN، 19/6/2012 (PlusNews) - Tuberculosis (TB) rates in South Africa's prisons could be cut by up to 94 percent if the country reduced overcrowded conditions in cells and implemented active TB case finding, according to research presented at the recent South African TB Conference. full report |
| UGANDA: Money for 100,000 new ARV patients in the budget |
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KAMPALA، 19/6/2012 (PlusNews) - Uganda's Ministry of Health will enrol 100,000 more people infected with HIV on life-prolonging antiretroviral treatment in the 2012/13 financial year, Minister of Finance Maria Kiwanuka announced in her budget speech on 14 June. full report |