KwaMsane Township sits amid rolling hills in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal Province. Drive 30 minutes to the west and elephants, giraffes, zebras, and rhinos often stroll by the side of a highway that ...

Used for testing tuberculosis, a Genexpert machine has come into operation in Rautahat District Health Office. The machine was provided by National Tuberculosis Control Centre, Bhaktapur, and ...

On November 4, 2022, the United States, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), donated 126 cutting-edge GeneXpert tuberculosis (TB) testing machines worth U.S. $3 ...

Experts in the health sector have described the move by the federal government to convert the over 300 GeneXpert machines, hitherto, used for the diagnosis of Tuberculosis (TB) and HIV, for ...

Nigeria grapples with the highest prevalence of Tuberculosis (TB) in Africa with an estimated total of 479,000 cases in 2022. Yet, the inadequacy of a revolutionary diagnostic tool impedes the ...

He noted that the TB prevalence rate in the country has significantly dropped as a result of the hard work by the government. “For instance, from 1990 to 2013, the TB incidence reduced from 624 to 166 ...

MANILA, Philippines — Some 700 COVID-19 testing machines have remained unused because of bureaucratic red tape, Anakalusugan Rep. Mike Defensor said Sunday. Defensor was referring to GeneXpert testing ...

The sputum microscopy test for detecting tuberculosis (TB) is being replaced by molecular or genetic tests, which can provide results in less than two hours. This change is in line with the World ...

machines to Ethiopia's honorable Minister of Health, Dr. Lia Tadesse, at St. Peter's Tuberculosis Hospital. machines given on Friday will make a significant contribution towards the government of ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) continues to emphasise the critically important role testing plays in curbing the rampaging spread of the pandemic coronavirus (COVID-19). It describes testing as a ...