Port au Prince, Haiti (2010 Features): Some US$14 million have been invested in the fight against
Tuberculosis in Haiti, by the Global Fund to fight Tuberculosis, AIDS and
Malaria over the last five years. However, individuals who are central to the
care and support of persons infected with TB are receiving little or no pay and
are threatening to withdraw their services. ...More»
UNMET NEEDS: SEX WORKERS IN PAKISTAN HAVE LIMITED ACCESS TO TB-HIV TREATMENT
Karachi, Pakistan, (2010 Features): The increasing prevalence of HIV among male, female and transvestite sex workers in Pakistan has given rise to another fear among health experts: the high prevalence rates among these groups may lead to an increase in tuberculosis-HIV co-infection. But treatment for TB-HIV co-infection among sex workers is complicated by discrimination and red tape. ...More»
SWAZI GOVERNMENT DRAGS ITS FEET ON TB
Mbabane, Swaziland, 2010 Features: For over the past two years, the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has failed to complete a $20-million TB hospital that is being constructed just a kilometre outside Swaziland’s commercial capital of Manzini. Tents then become the alternative accommodation. This is a serious issue in communities where three generations - from grandmothers to their grandchildren live in one small hut and where a TB patient would still share a hut with family members if there is no alternative shelter. ...More»
HAITIAN SHANY TOWN DWELLERS SUCCUMBING TO TB
Port-au-Prince, Haiti (2010 Features Tuberculosis is fast gaining ground in shanty towns and rural
villages in Haiti. TB/HIV co-infection kills 8,000 people every year and the
twin epidemics have laid bare the stark social disparities in the country, where
the majority of those infected or dying are poor and marginalised people. ...More»
