RT @alcohol_review
Alcohol drinking is one of five risk factors causing 44% of the total estimated cases of tuberculosis in India, says the latest TB report. The others are malnutrition, diabetes, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV and smoking. #WorldTBDay @MoHFW_INDIA
https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/malnutrition-alcohol-use-among-5-risk-factors-for-44-pc-of-tb-cases-report-8517696/

Alcohol drinking is one of five risk factors causing 44% of the total estimated cases of tuberculosis in India, says the latest TB report. The others are malnutrition, diabetes, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV and smoking. #WorldTBDay @MoHFW_INDIA
https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/malnutrition-alcohol-use-among-5-risk-factors-for-44-pc-of-tb-cases-report-8517696/

The #GeneOntology provides #OpenAccess information on the functions of genes to support research in many fields. We have over 500k #GOannotations for M. #tuberculosis gene products, taxon:1773 & descendants. Find them on @QuickGO_EBI:
https://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/annotations?taxonId=1773&taxonUsage=descendants

#WorldTBDay #EndTB
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RT @UNYearbook
In 1947–48, the annual death rate from tuberculosis was 4–5 million people, with 40–50…
https://twitter.com/UNYearbook/status/1639322450935545873

RT @TerezaKasaeva
On the occasion of #WorldTBDay please see our @TheLancet Comment: Fast-tracking progress to #EndTB: high-level opportunities for investment and action - with @paimadhu & @HMonica_Dias #YesWeCanEndTB https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2823%2900460-9/fulltext

RT @newtbvaccines
@npariente @paimadhu @LSHTM This #WorldTBDay, a group of TB advocates have prepared an open letter calling on world leaders to #InvestInTBVaxRnD. We need new TB vaccines if we are to stand any chance at ending the TB pandemic!

🖋️ Sign the letter to join the call https://newtbvaccines.org/take-action/call-world-leaders-increase-investment-tb-vaccine/

RT @ChrisCarrollMD
Did you know that @accpchest was founded in 1935 by a patient?! Long before “patient-centered care” was even a term, @accpchest was focused on the patient. #WorldTBDay https://twitter.com/accpchest/status/1639268333680820225

#DYK? On this day in 1882, Dr. Robert Koch announced the discovery of the bacteria that causes tuberculosis (#TB).

This was one of the most important steps taken toward the prevention & control of this deadly disease.
Learn more about #WorldTBDay: https://bit.ly/2DM0YrB
@CDC_TB

Want some #WeekendReading? Our @UNITE4TB@twitter.com project has been looking at #TB diagnostics...
➡️Read our news story: http://bit.ly/3JJs2LV
➡️Read the paper in @ERSpublications@twitter.com Breathe: http://bit.ly/3lEzobK
#WorldTBDay #YesWeCanEndTB

In acknowledgement of #WorldTBDay, I wanted to share this article I enjoyed:

https://harvardpublichealth.org/disease/tb-not-covid-19-is-the-plague-of-the-century

For those in more privileged parts of the world, tuberculosis (TB) might not be so visible, but TB remains one of the most deadly infectious diseases worldwide.

Especially with drug resistant TB strains constantly evolving, mitigating further TB burden should be an urgent priority.

#Epidemiology #InfectiousDiseases #PublicHealth

Austrian scientist & paediatrician Clemens von Pirquet demonstrating the use of fresh air for treating tuberculosis at Vienna Children’s Clinic, 1912. Pirquet made discoveries in diagnostic tests for TB & pioneered a tuberculin skin test that bears his name

#WorldTBDay #WorldTuberculosisDay #histmed #medhist #historyofscience #histsci #archives #libraries

In Africa, of the three million people who develop TB disease every year, nearly 160,000 are children 0-4 years old, and another 160,000 are 5-14 years old.

Every year, about 500,000 people in Africa die because of TB. Children make up 15% (75,000) of these deaths.

Less than half of the children aged 0-14 who have TB are diagnosed – so they never even start treatment.

#WorldTBDay

https://theconversation.com/tb-kills-75-000-children-in-africa-every-year-how-this-can-stop-202151

March 24 is #WorldTBDay.

Tuberculosis remains to be the top infectious killer in the #Philippines.

I hope the government realises that aside from early detection, treatment, TB prevention is essential. Not only through TB preventive medications but through improvement of living conditions in our country.

#TB #Tuberculosis

Predict-TB was IMI's first #TB project – it developed tools which drug developers can use to increase the probability of them choosing the right drug-like compounds and getting them through clinical trials successfully.
➡️http://bit.ly/3qyXfZD
#YesWeCanEndTB #WorldTBDay

#Tuberculosis is one of the focus areas of @imi_eupearl@twitter.com, which is setting up adaptive clinical trial platforms to make trials more efficient and patient-friendly.
➡️http://bit.ly/3JEoQjw
#YesWeCanEndTB #WorldTBDay

RESPIRI-TB aims to advance the development of new drug candidates that could be part of a new, more effective, shorter regimen to treat multi-drug resistant #TB.
➡️http://bit.ly/3tCYV6u
#YesWeCanEndTB #WorldTBDay

Our @TRIC_TB@twitter.com project is advancing the development of compounds that boost the infection-fighting ability of existing TB drugs. After successful trials under TRIC-TB, one compound is now being developed further through @EDCTP@twitter.com
https://bit.ly/3A3zE7d
#YesWeCanEndTB #WorldTBDay

Our @UNITE4TB@twitter.com project is pioneering a new approach to #ClinicalTrials of #tuberculosis drug regimens that will test different regiments in parallel, dramatically speeding up the trial process.
➡️http://bit.ly/3qtGWx1
#YesWeCanEndTB #WorldTBDay

Our @IMI_ERA4TB@twitter.com project is developing a #TB drug development platform to allow scientists to study the safety & efficacy of multiple drug combinations in parallel. This should speed up the development of new treatment regimens.
➡️http://bit.ly/35arXAU
#YesWeCanEndTB #WorldTBDay

On #WorldTuberculosisDay a little snippet from The Lancet Microbe's Oct 2021 editorial
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanmic/article/PIIS2666-5247%2821%2900246-9/fulltext

#WorldTBDay

On #WorldTBDay, read how our @UNITE4TB@twitter.com project is exploring how low- & middle-income countries could roll out the molecular diagnostic tests needed to determine the best treatment for people diagnosed with #tuberculosis #TB
➡️http://bit.ly/3JJs2LV
#YesWeCanEndTB