“It’s a hidden problem,” The Union’s Scientific Director Paula Fujiwara told bdnews24.com as Bangladesh does not report any zoonotic TB. Systematically survey, collect, analyse and report better quality data on the incidence of zoonotic TB in people, and improve surveillance and reporting of bovine TB in livestock and wildlife. Increase awareness of zoonotic TB, engage key public and private stakeholders and establish effective intersectoral collaboration. Dias said countries have made progress towards ending TB, yet to a large extent, people with zoonotic TB are left behind. In zoonotic TB, patients must take drugs for nine months, compared with the standard six-month TB treatment, doctors say.

Source: bd News24 October 12, 2017 18:45 UTC