Improving Prevention and Diagnosis of Active Childhood TB in Tanzania

Research project Children are dying from tuberculosis, even though it is a disease, which can be prevented and cured. WHO estimates that up to 400.000 children a year die from TB yet children have been largely neglected in TB programmes. The reasons why children have ...The project has described the challenges and constraints of diagnosing childhood TB in a resource limited area with endemic TB and a high prevalence of malnutrition and HIV and has assessed the performance of Quantiferon-TB Gold In-Tube, a paediatric ...
Period: 2008-08-31 to 2012-12-31 Countries: Tanzania Lead institution: Muhimbili Medical Research Centre (NIMR), Tanzania Partner institutions: Hvidovre Hospital (HvH), Denmark Project code: 74-08-UHH Total grant: 3,640,906 DKK
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