Resources Tagged: Tuberculosis

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  1. SAWBO - Tuberculosis: Variant for Swaziland

    Tuberculosis is a common infection and contagious disease caused by a bacterium that usually lodges in the lungs. This video gives general information about this disease and provide an important message: TB is treatable and curable. The video also illustrates some significant preventative...
    Tuberculosis SAWBO Human Health

  2. SAWBO - Tuberculosis Management

    This animation describes ways to effectively manage active TB. Effective TB management begins with preventing its spread. TB management also involves detecting, diagnosing, and treating the condition. If TB is detected, you will want to be placed on a TB antibiotic treatment plan. This involves...
    Tuberculosis SAWBO Human Health

  3. SAWBO - The Differences Between Latent and Active TB

    Tuberculosis (or TB) is a disease that mainly infects the lungs. Symptoms of active TB disease include a chronic bad cough, pain in the chest, or coughing up blood. However, some people who are infected with TB carry the bacteria but do not show these symptoms. They will appear perfectly healthy....
    Tuberculosis SAWBO Human Health

  4. SAWBO - The Differences Between Latent and Active TB: How TB Preventive Therapy can Prevent Childhood TB

    Tuberculosis (TB) is a disease that mainly infects the lungs. Symptoms of active TB disease include a chronic bad cough, pain in the chest, or coughing up blood. However, some people who are infected with TB carry the bacteria but do not show these symptoms. They will appear perfectly healthy....
    Tuberculosis SAWBO Human Health

  5. SAWBO - TB in those with HIV

    This animation describes the interactions between tuberculosis (or TB), the human immunodeficiency virus (or HIV), and your immune system. Becoming infected with TB if you are living with HIV can change the diagnosis and treatment for TB. Having TB and HIV together complicates the detection,...
    Tuberculosis HIV/AIDS SAWBO Human Health

  6. SAWBO - Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis

    TB is a treatable disease if you follow your doctor's treatment plan. If TB is not treated properly, TB bacteria can become resistant to one or multiple drugs used in treatment. When the bacteria become resistant to multiple drugs, it is known as multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (or MDR-TB)....
    Tuberculosis SAWBO Human Health Medicine

  7. Komi batela pona kozua tuberculose te na Lingala (accent ya RD Congo)

    Tuberculose ezala infection moko ezali contagieuse pe ezali causer na bactérie oyo evanda mingi mingi na poumons. Ba quatre minutes 31 secondes ya vidéo oyo ezali ko pesa ba informations générale pona maladie yango pe ko pesa message important: tuberculose ezali traitable pe okoki ko bika na...
    SAWBO Human Health Tuberculosis