Early diagnosis of TB is therefore vital to preventing further transmission. Furthermore, a new regimen composition for treatment of drug-resistant TB can be shorter than ever before and no longer require injections.
This makes treatment effective, easier and more comfortable for patients. The WHO European Region is leading the way with 40 in treatment, but many continue to slip through the net. Those with LTBI may feel healthy and well — which means they do not access treatment — but may become ill later in life. Further recommendations include contact investigation, whereby everyone in close contact with a TB patient is contacted and tested for the disease.
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Since , a global shortage of BCG vaccine due to manufacturing issues has threatened supply, although rapid action to meet shortfalls has minimised infant mortality. The National Tuberculosis Advisory Committee in Australia found that particularly inconsistent vaccine supply is leading to low, variable and inequitable vaccine delivery.
An unregistered alternative product manufactured in Poland is available, but permission must be sought from the TGA prior to use. The vaccine is indicated for Indigenous children in the NT, who are six times more likely to contract TB than non-Indigenous Australians. The vaccine is also given to children who are travelling to a high TB-burden country for extended periods. Australia is in the envious position of having one of the lowest rates of TB in the world.
To bend the TB incidence curve further downwards, she says, we need to treat latent TB, educate at-risk people about TB, vaccinate infants, and diagnose TB early. But there are still many challenges to overcome. Access to The Medical Republic site is free to the public and healthcare professionals HCPs but all users need to register.
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Gruelling treatment A patient being treated for drug-resistant TB will typically swallow around 13, pills and have injection over a two-year period. Uncertainty Australia would be well on its way to eliminating TB if we could diagnose and cure all TB in the dormant stage.
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