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TB surveillance & IR training provided for Monitoring & Evaluation focal points
Read more →: TB surveillance & IR training provided for Monitoring & Evaluation focal pointsAn in-person training to strengthen TB surveillance was held in Addis Ababa focused on creating a better understanding of TB surveillance data and systems’ availability, quality, and use, including electronic data systems. The Secretariat of the Southern and East African Regional Network for TB Control (SEARN-TB) organized the training workshop with the support of the…
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WHO updates the list of drug-resistant bacteria most threatening to human health, including Rifampicin Resistant TB as a critical AMR pathogen.
Read more →: WHO updates the list of drug-resistant bacteria most threatening to human health, including Rifampicin Resistant TB as a critical AMR pathogen.The World Health Organization (WHO) released its updated Bacterial Priority Pathogens List (BPPL) 2024, featuring 15 families of antibiotic-resistant bacteria grouped into critical, high, and medium categories for prioritization. The list guides the development of new and necessary treatments to stop the spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). In this update, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, rifampicin-resistant (included after…
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Ethiopia hosting the first meeting of the Southern and Eastern African Regional Network for TB Control (SEARN-TB)
Read more →: Ethiopia hosting the first meeting of the Southern and Eastern African Regional Network for TB Control (SEARN-TB)The first network meeting of the Southern and Eastern African Regional Network for TB (SEARN-TB) is well underway in Addis Ababa. NTP Managers, TB Coordinators, and other communicable disease managers joined from Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia, Somaliland, Uganda, South Africa, Namibia, Zambia, Lesotho, Seychelles, Comoros, Mozambique, Eswatini, Botswana, Malawi, and Madagascar shared Epidemiological Context, Challenges, and…
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