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Vill q review3/1/2023 ![]() ![]() While all age groups are at risk of TB, the disease tends to predominantly affect adults in their most productive years. As a result, this can lead to long delays in seeking out care and contribute to transmission of the bacteria to others. When someone develops active TB disease, the symptoms, which include prolonged cough, chest pains, fever, night sweats, weakness and fatigue, or weight loss, may remain mild for many months. (However, TB bacteria can attack any part of the body, including the kidneys, spine, and brain.) It is spread from person to person through the air and a person needs to inhale only a few of these germs to become infected. TB, which has existed for thousands of years, is a potentially serious infectious disease that most often affects the lungs. For his discoveries in regard to TB, he received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1905. Robert Koch, a German physician who is widely regarded as one of the founders of bacteriology, announced that he had discovered mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacillus that causes TB. Accordingly, the paragraphs that follow offer a brief general outline of the devastating disease and present a short review of Eritrea’s overall progress toward preventing, controlling, and eliminating TB. ![]() In addition to being an encouraging bit of news and extremely positive, the recent developments shared by the MoH and Sister Hiwet represent an excellent opportunity to further explore the topic of TB, which remains one of the world’s deadliest infectious killers. Speaking in Asmara, the capital, Sister Hiwet added that the national cure rate for TB has increased impressively (reaching 92 percent in recent years, which is higher than the global recommendation from the World Health Organization ) and that a number of tangible steps were also being taken to ensure that patients unable to visit health facilities for treatment could still be provided appropriate support. As briefly explained by Sister Hiwet, head of the TB Control Unit at the MoH, these efforts include, among others, the establishment of national training programs on basic treatment for village health representatives based in all regions of the country, as well the expansion of community awareness campaigns. Earlier this week, Eritrea’s Ministry of Health (MoH) reported that considerable efforts were being made to control and eliminate tuberculosis (TB) in the country. ![]()
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