Williamsburg, VA, USA, March 21 (IPS) -tuberculosis due to compulsory pathogens in public cells (TB) Mycobacterium tuberculosisThrough air bubbles, it is a human transmission of human beings worldwide by climate bacteria. It can be completely prevented and treated, but TB remains a continuous global health problem. Major infectious diseases until 2025.
Since discovered in 1882, TB has insisted over more than 1 billion people and has been a fatal threat worldwide. TB has been darkened by the recent health crisis such as Covid-19, but it continues to be a major cause of death in low and intermediate income countries (LMIC).
The mortality rate of this area is greatly affected by lack of access to prevention, diagnosis and treatment. The Trump administration’s freezing of foreign aid through the US International Development Agency (USAID) and the closure of the agency is threatening decades of tuberculosis efforts.
USAID, a major donor that provides about one -third of international tuberculosis funds, supports services through various partners. The rapid suspension of support is a breaking TB country, which is a danger of ending the program, leaving millions of times without the required TB service.
It is not yet clear whether the funds will eventually recover, but this confusion can seriously affect the overall tuberculosis treatment cascade by returning the progress for years, increasing mortality, and causing the resurrection of tuberculosis in the vulnerable population.
Tuberculosis is a disease that is difficult to diagnose, treat and control. In addition to the existing limited access to existing limited access and treatment that maintains both clinical and public health professionals, the reduction of public health capacity and the loss of public health ability exacerbate these tasks.
The only approval vaccine for tuberculosis is a century Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine and is widely used despite the inconsistent effects of adults.
that The emergence of drug resistance strains To Mycobacterium tuberculosis The geographically distinctive community still remains a rising interest. This becomes more complicated by the interaction of complex factors, including exposure to anti -TB drugs during treatment, transmission between individuals, global travel and inappropriate tuberculosis treatment.
Anti -TB drugs such as isoniazid, rifampin, pyrazinamide, and ethambutol are essential for treating tuberculosis, but inadequate or incomplete use can lead to drug resistance.
This challenge is more prominent among the 228 million nomads in Africa. This is led by the combination of personal behavior, community beliefs and systematic defects, which is uniquely affected by nomadic communities and increases and spreads vulnerability to TB infections.
Because of the necessity of water and pasture in other ecological areas, their mobility complicates tuberculosis management efforts. This mobility interferes with consistent treatment, delays diagnosis, and promotes the spread of drug resistant TB strains.
In addition, cultural norms and prejudice of TB have led to actively avoiding tuberculosis diagnosis by refusing treatment after exposure or symptoms.
General treatment for tuberculosis requires more than six months of antibiotics. In other words, individuals must maintain access to health services during this period. Depending on the demands of everyday life, this is a lot of questions to anyone. However, for people of nomadic communities, migratory lifestyles often do not receive long -term treatment in single medical facilities, so this long treatment period is almost impossible to achieve.
The lack of behavior in pursuing health care between individuals may be partially due to social stigma related to HIV/AIDS. TB is a common common infection of HIV/AIDS, which leads to the belief that TB patients with HIV patients with infected with bacteria that cause TB to TB patients.
Finally, some of the most important TB treatment problems at the medical system level are rapid detection, consistent treatment and case profile ring.
The medical system must solve these tasks to improve tuberculosis results. Especially in the nomadic community, where mobility and cultural factors complicate access to treatment. In a timely manner, guaranteeing diagnosis and maintaining consistent treatment is important for controlling the spread of tuberculosis and preventing the development of drug resistant strains.
Effective Case Profile Ring can help you to improve your health and reduce tuberculosis burden by ultimately adjusting interventions on specific needs of other communities.
It is still unclear whether global tuberculosis funds will eventually be restored, but this confusion can reverse the progress of years in a weak population around the world, increase mortality, and cause resurrection of tuberculosis.
As the world strengthens its efforts to end global infectious diseases on March 24, 2025, it is important to see this challenge at any time.
CAROLINE MULLEN, PABLO Troop and Brenna Keam Ignite Lab is a research assistant. Dr. Julius Oi Ambo Public health assistant professor. Ignite Lab is a research institute headquartered in William & Mary Global Research Institute, focusing on effective, efficient and equitable distribution of global health resources.
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