Brochures on tuberculosis
It is important that both patients and health workers have good reassuring knowledge about tuberculosis. Such knowledge contributes to better treatment results and less stigmatisation, and it is reassuring for the...
The BCG vaccine does not work well enough. In order to get tuberculosis under control we must develop a new and better vaccine.
A common denominator for migration anywhere in the world is that people cross borders where there are great differences in the health services offered and the clinical burden. This may also apply in individual countries,...
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis is about to become a serious threat to global public health.
After several years with a steady rise in the incidence of tuberculosis in Norway, the numbers have declined in the past years. Around 300 people is diagnosed with TB In Norway every year.
Tuberculosis is a stigmatised disease. Both historically and culturally, it is associated with poverty, fear, death and shame.
LHL International is concerned about patient rights. We would also like patients to be involved to the greatest possible extent in the fight against tuberculosis and for treatment to be adapted to local needs and challenge...
Health personnel who communicate well with the patient have better treatment results.
Gender is often of importance to how exposed you are to tuberculosis. There are also grounds to assume that the biology of women and men yields different risks for contracting tuberculosis.
Corruption is a topic that is high on the agenda of both the Norwegian authorities and development aid actors.
LHL International engages in peer support work for tuberculosis patients in a number of countries, including Norway. Peer support work involves exchanging experiences and various forms of support from former patients to...
The fight against tuberculosis has gained new challenges due to the HIV epidemic. Worldwide, tuberculosis is the greatest individual cause of death among people living with HIV.
