Children are highly susceptible to tuberculosis; thus, there is need for safe and effective preventive interventions. Our objective was to evaluate the efficacy of isoniazid in prevention of ...

In contrast to the WHO recommendation to give all HIV- infected children over 12 months of age isoniazid preventive therapy, our results show no effect of isoniazid preventive therapy among this ...

the community and the medical profession regarding the importance of chemoprophylaxis in the prevention of tuberculous morbidity in students. The effectiveness of isoniazid in preventing ...

Isoniazid therapy was discontinued at once ... The prophylactic effect of pyridoxine in prevention of peripheral polyneuropathy was the subject of this study. Of primary importance, we believe ...

Nigeria, in collaboration with the Lagos State TB Control Programme, has organised a three-day training for journalists to ...

The present standard of care requires nine months of therapy with isoniazid to eradicate an extremely small population of cells, which are thought to exist in a 'latent' form. The relationship ...

preventive therapy recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO). During the study, all 250 PLHIV will be given ...

To improve the prevention and treatment of Pediatric TB, we have educated HCWs on the importance of Isoniazid Preventive Therapy (IPT) and IPT guidelines, trained HCWs on Pediatric TB diagnosis and ...

The TB program collaborates with Dr. Lisa Adams from Dartmouth College to develop and conduct a study of Primary Care Givers and adolescents to determine the knowledge, attitudes, and barriers to ...

Psychotherapy, also called talk therapy or usually just "therapy," is a form of treatment aimed at relieving emotional distress and mental health problems. Provided by any of a variety of trained ...

Treatment for non-infectious TB, or LTBI, aims to prevent the progression of latent infection to active disease. • The most used preventive therapy is a course of isoniazid taken daily for six to nine ...

Preventive care sounds like something that you would do like a checkup to make sure that everything is okay and wellness care sounds like something that you would do if something is wrong with you ...