By STANSLOUS NGOSATUBERCULOSIS (TB) in children and adolescents is a preventable and curable infectious disease that remains overlooked by the general public, public health authorities, health policy makers and TB control programmes globally and locally. Childhood TB contributes significantly to the burden of disease and represents the failure to control transmission in the community.Tuberculosis (TB) is caused by a slow growing bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis) that commonly affects the lungs but can infect any organ in the human body. The TB bacteria is spread through the air when an infected person coughs, sneezes, speaks, sings, or laughs. TB is not spread through personal items, such as clothing, bedding, cups, eating utensils, a toilet, or other items that a person with TB has touched.TB in children is often as result of being in contact with someone, usually an adult, who is infected with TB for prolonged periods of time. It may take, weeks, months or […]
CHILDHOOD TB MUST BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY
