Wednesday, September 21, 2011

New measures to prevent and cure TB and save HIV patients

Tuberculosis (TB) a contagious disease that spreads from one person to another, while the infectious person cough, spits, or sneeze this caused the germs to spread in air. Only a few inhaled germs of can infect you and attack your lungs. Researcher says antibiotic drugs if taken as schedule could help prevent it completely. Tuberculosis affects millions of people around the world, infected with the bacterium which causes Tuberculosis (TB), particularly those who are already infected by HIV.

Tuberculosis (TB) can be a cause for death amongst the individuals, co-infected with HIV, the AIDS virus. Nearly 400,000 people die every year of HIV-related Tuberculosis (TB), as per the TB Partnership, pointed out some measures to cure and prevent TB that will save the life of millions people suffering with HIV/AIDS globally by 2015.

TB rapidly growing in europe

To provide with an essential TB and HIV care the five new scientific models are introduced. At United Nations Headquarters it was launched to take wise steps to prevent and cure tuberculosis amongst individuals affect with HIV virus globally. The steps will also include testing for TB and HIV in every 3 years. In the case where both the disease is common both the test will be carried out prominently. Further steps will include, ensuring weather both TB and HIV treatments are available and are of excellent quality.

The joint venture of “Stop TB” and “United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)” , in 2010 has set a joint goal to reduce the number of death rates of the people suffering from HIV to half by the end of 2015.

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