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  • WHO public consultation on draft Target Product Profiles for Tuberculosis Preventive Treatment

    Tuberculosis (TB) is a major yet preventable global health problem, with an estimated 10 million new cases worldwide in 2018, resulting in more than 1.5 million deaths, making it the leading infectious disease cause of death worldwide. An estimated one fourth of the world’s population is infected with the TB bacterium, of whom 5–10% advance to active TB disease in their lifetime.

    Prevention of TB is a crucial component of the World Health Organization (WHO) End TB Strategy that calls for 90% coverage of TB preventive treatment (TPT) among persons living with HIV (PLHIV) and household contacts of infectious TB cases by 2035. The UN high-level meeting on TB, in September 2018, further emphasized the need to strengthen implementation of TPT and called for 30 million people, including 4 million children under 5 years of age to receive TPT by 2022.

    However, uptake and scale-up of TPT have been slow, mainly due to the limitations of both diagnostic assays and available regimens (long duration, cost, toxicity, adherence issues, and operational aspects), indicating the need for new short, safe, efficacious and easy-to-take regimens for the treatment of TB infection and prevention of TB disease. The WHO has developed draft Target Product Profiles (TPPs) for TPT to align developers’ performance and operational targets for new TPT regimens with the needs of end-users.

    The draft TPPs are now available online for comment.

    WHO invites comments or feedback from all stakeholders by 27 April 2020 via this link:

    Based on the comments received on this draft, WHO will prepare the final non-draft TPP (version 1.0), which will be posted on WHO’s website and uploaded into the (WHO) Product Profile Directory by October 2020.

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  • A meeting on digital innovations, TB and implementation research organised by WHO and the European Respiratory Society

    A meeting on digital innovations, TB and implementation research organised by WHO and the European Respiratory Society

    Group of people posing after a meeting on TB, in Geneva

    WHO’s Global Tuberculosis Programme (WHO/GTB) and the European Respiratory Society convened a technical meeting on digital innovations, TB and implementation research, in Geneva on 7 February 2020. This meeting brought together funders,
    partners, representatives of national TB programmes, civil society and scientists to discuss the challenges and opportunities when evaluating, integrating and scaling up digital technologies under programmatic settings.  Specifically, this meeting
    sought to receive input on the elements of a toolkit on implementation research that is currently being developed by WHO/GTB and the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR) to support evidence-informed use of
    digital technologies under programmatic settings. Th etoolkit will be launched in mid-2020. Considering that several countries are updating their national TB strategic plans and preparing funding proposals for submission to the Global Fund, this meeting
    also sought to create mutual understanding on the importance of resourcing implementation science to bridge the divide between research and practice.

    This present meeting, is the latest in a series of efforts by WHO/GTB to facilitate the meaningful use of digital technologies for TB prevention and care. It
    was preceded by a one-day workshop on 6 February held at the same venue for partner agencies of the ASCENT project. ASCENT is a UNITAID-funded project that started in 2019 with the aim of increasing demand and adoption of affordable digital technologies for TB medication adherence. The project is led by KNCV in partnership with Aurum Institute for Health
    Research, PATH and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Activities are running in Ethiopia, the Philippines, South Africa, Ukraine and Tanzania UR. This was the first in a series of annual meetings that will be coordinated by the WHO/GTB
    to assess progress in implementation of country activities and results from the interventions.

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  • Strengthening accountability to end TB

    WHO today released a Checklist to enable Member States and their partners to assess the status of work at the national level to strengthen accountability to End TB, principally: national commitments made, actions taken on those commitments, monitoring & reporting approaches, and the nature of any high-level review mechanisms. The Checklist has been developed in response to requests from Member States, regions, civil society and partners as a tool to support the adaptation and implementation of the WHO Multisectoral Accountability Framework (MAF-TB) released in 2019. It responds also to the UN General Assembly request to WHO to ensure implementation of the Framework.

    There are four components of the MAF-TB that form a cycle for strengthening accountability: Commitments, Actions, Monitoring and Reporting, and Review, that were released during the World Health Assembly in May, 2019. In the political declaration of the first UN high-level meeting on TB, world leaders called for WHO to finalize the framework and ensure its implementation in 2019.

    After its publication in May, 2019, WHO began work with pathfinding country counterparts who were seeking to move ahead on key elements including, among others: formal adoption of country-specific targets for 2022 for increased TB case detection and treatment in line with the global targets in the political declaration; updating or development of new national TB strategic plans based on 2022 and 2030 targets and other new commitments; coordination platforms across sectors and stakeholders; formalizing engagement with civil society across End TB efforts;  producing robust performance reports; and, using those reports to inform high-level review bodies that will assess and drive faster progress.  Based on the MAF-TB document, relevant country experiences, and specific requests from countries and partners, WHO developed the MAF-TB Checklist. The Checklist is especially relevant for high TB burden countries, but has content relevant to all countries.  The appropriateness of different approaches may vary, according to national constitutional, legal and/or regulatory frameworks or other relevant factors.

    The MAF-TB Checklist has three annexes on:

    1. engagement across government ministries and bodies;
    2. engagement of civil society and affected communities; and,
    3. adoption  and implementation of WHO TB guidance.

    In releasing this MAF-TB Checklist today, Dr Tereza Kasaeva, Director of the WHO Global TB Programme noted,  “At this enormously difficult time, all countries and partners are focused on the COVID-19 pandemic.  Lessons learnt from ongoing TB programmes are helping the response. Likewise, TB efforts will benefit from learning underway on collaboration, innovation and accountability in confronting the virus.”

    WHO will be helping Ministries of Health and partners to use the Checklist, hold related consultations and move forward with more effective collaboration and review mechanisms.  The WHO Civil Society Task Force on TB also will support countries and civil society partners, using the Checklist. Progress in strengthening accountability will be assessed in the 2020 Report of the UN Secretary-General on progress since the 2018 TB UN high-level meeting, as well as in the WHO Global TB Report 2020.

    The WHO TB Civil Society Task Force, National TB  Programme Managers and other country officials, WHO staff at all levels, consultants working with WHO and The Global Fund, and staff of partner agencies, contributed content to, and/or provided feedback on, the MAF-TB Checklist during its development.   Access the Checklist and 3 annexes.  

    An online form of the checklist will be available shortly here, along with additional information.  

    Translations of the Checklist and annexes, as soon as available in Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish, will be posted at the above link as well.   Kindly contact gtbprogramme@who.int if you have questions regarding the MAF-TB Checklist or to request versions in MS Word format if needed.

     

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  • With Humans In Hiding, Animals Take Back The World

    With Humans In Hiding, Animals Take Back The World

    Gulf states have tightened lockdown measures in large cities, and with Dubai’s shops closed and almost no people on the streets, peacocks that normally live in nearby gardens ventured out to explore other areas of the Middle Eastern city.
    Gulf states have tightened lockdown measures in large cities, and with Dubai’s shops closed and almost no people on the streets, peacocks that normally live in nearby gardens ventured out to explore other areas of the Middle Eastern city.

    A flock of geese searched for food inside a temple in Nagaon, in India’s state of Assam, on April 3. Many temples and shrines across the country have closed during the nationwide lockdown.
    A flock of geese searched for food inside a temple in Nagaon, in India’s state of Assam, on April 3. Many temples and shrines across the country have closed during the nationwide lockdown.

    On April 5, two cows strolled on a Corsican beach usually popular with tourists. It was the 20th day of a strict shutdown in France.
    On April 5, two cows strolled on a Corsican beach usually popular with tourists. It was the 20th day of a strict shutdown in France.

    A young puma walked the streets of Santiago on March 24 after the government ordered confinement measures in some areas of the Chilean capital.
    A young puma walked the streets of Santiago on March 24 after the government ordered confinement measures in some areas of the Chilean capital.

    Mountain goats roamed the streets of Llandudno, in Wales, on March 31, one week after U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson issued a stay-at-home order.
    Mountain goats roamed the streets of Llandudno, in Wales, on March 31, one week after U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson issued a stay-at-home order.

    Sika deer wandered over to a sushi restaurant in Nara, Japan, on March 12. When Prime Minister Shinzo Abe declared a state of emergency for Tokyo and its surrounding regions, the number of visitors to the city of Nara dropped significantly
    Sika deer wandered over to a sushi restaurant in Nara, Japan, on March 12. When Prime Minister Shinzo Abe declared a state of emergency for Tokyo and its surrounding regions, the number of visitors to the city of Nara dropped significantly

    Macaques searched for food around the closed stalls of the Johari Bazar in Jaipur, India, on March 26. After Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared a nationwide lockdown, the marketplace was deserted.
    Macaques searched for food around the closed stalls of the Johari Bazar in Jaipur, India, on March 26. After Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared a nationwide lockdown, the marketplace was deserted.

    Since Italy’s countrywide lockdown was imposed, the water in Venice’s canals have cleared, and residents have noticed more birds appearing.
    Since Italy’s countrywide lockdown was imposed, the water in Venice’s canals have cleared, and residents have noticed more birds appearing.

    On March 30, ducks ventured across the street in the heart of Paris, which is typically bustling with traffic.
    On March 30, ducks ventured across the street in the heart of Paris, which is typically bustling with traffic.

    Goats sauntered on abandoned streets in Jaipur on March 24
    Goats sauntered on abandoned streets in Jaipur on March 24

    A baby rabbit crossed a main road in Christchurch on April 1. New Zealand entered its strictest state of lockdown on March 25.
    A baby rabbit crossed a main road in Christchurch on April 1. New Zealand entered its strictest state of lockdown on March 25.

    A wild fox roamed the empty streets of London on the night of March 28.
    A wild fox roamed the empty streets of London on the night of March 28.

    On April 1, cattle looked for food in Palu, Central Sulawesi, in Indonesia, where the government is recommending that people avoid public spaces.
    On April 1, cattle looked for food in Palu, Central Sulawesi, in Indonesia, where the government is recommending that people avoid public spaces.

    A coyote stood outside Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on April 3, weeks after Major League Baseball suspended all play.
    A coyote stood outside Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on April 3, weeks after Major League Baseball suspended all play.

    The movie theater was closed in Westbury, N.Y., on March 20, leaving the parking lot empty for Canadian geese to roam.
    The movie theater was closed in Westbury, N.Y., on March 20, leaving the parking lot empty for Canadian geese to roam.

    With Humans In Hiding, Animals Take Back The World 1Gulf states have tightened lockdown measures in large cities, and with Dubai’s shops closed and almost no people on the streets, peacocks that normally live in nearby gardens ventured out to explore other areas of the Middle Eastern city.

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    It took just a few days of lockdown for baby rabbits to dare to cross once-bustling roads in Christchurch, New Zealand, and less than a week for a puma to descend from the Andes Mountains into Santiago, one of South America’s busiest capitals. In Barcelona, wild boar, a familiar sight for citizens on the city’s outskirts, have made their way into Diagonal Avenue, an eight-lane thoroughfare. 

    It’s surprising and strange, yes, but also meaningful. Research suggests that ecosystems can rebound with speed once human intervention subsides. A review published last week determined that damaged ecosystems and wildlife can be rebuilt if the right conditions are achieved. Marine ecosystems in particular can substantially recover by 2050, according to the study, led by Carlos Duarte at the Red Sea Research Center in Saudi Arabia.

    Of course, a deadly pandemic that brings about a sudden economic collapse is no way to sustainably restore threatened ecosystems. Yet it’s a clear reminder of how quickly the wild world responds when humans take a step back.

    Scientists have tracked this pattern for decades. The number of humpback whales migrating from Antarctica to eastern Australia has been increasing each year, from a few hundred animals in 1968, when commercial whaling was banned, to more than 40,000 today. In 1880 only 20 breeding northern elephant seals had survived decades of hunting, and today there are more than 200,000.

    Hunting bans, habitat restoration, and the reduction of water pollution are all linked to the recovery of marine species. The continuation of these practices—and, most of all, working to mitigate the effects of climate change—would contribute to oceans recovering significantly by 2050, the researchers said.

    It’s more difficult for land ecosystems to bounce back because both the scale of extinction and the scale of human presence are so large there, said Duarte, a marine science professor. But these differences don’t mean the return of wildlife to deserted city streets isn’t significant, he said: “I believe our own confinement, and the release of wildlife from confinement, should bring some empathy between humans and wildlife moving forward.”

    With Humans In Hiding, Animals Take Back The World 2A flock of geese searched for food inside a temple in Nagaon, in India’s state of Assam, on April 3. Many temples and shrines across the country have closed during the nationwide lockdown.

    Anuwar Ali Hazarika/Barcroft Media via Getty Images


    With Humans In Hiding, Animals Take Back The World 3On April 5, two cows strolled on a Corsican beach usually popular with tourists. It was the 20th day of a strict shutdown in France.

    Pascal Pochard-Casabianca/AFP via Getty Images


    With Humans In Hiding, Animals Take Back The World 4A young puma walked the streets of Santiago on March 24 after the government ordered confinement measures in some areas of the Chilean capital.

    Andrews Pina/Aton Chile/AFP via Getty Images


    With Humans In Hiding, Animals Take Back The World 5Mountain goats roamed the streets of Llandudno, in Wales, on March 31, one week after U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson issued a stay-at-home order.

    Christopher Furlong/Getty Images


    With Humans In Hiding, Animals Take Back The World 6Sika deer wandered over to a sushi restaurant in Nara, Japan, on March 12. When Prime Minister Shinzo Abe declared a state of emergency for Tokyo and its surrounding regions, the number of visitors to the city of Nara dropped significantly

    Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images


    With Humans In Hiding, Animals Take Back The World 7Macaques searched for food around the closed stalls of the Johari Bazar in Jaipur, India, on March 26. After Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared a nationwide lockdown, the marketplace was deserted.

    Vishal Bhatnagar/NurPhoto via Getty Images


    With Humans In Hiding, Animals Take Back The World 8Since Italy’s countrywide lockdown was imposed, the water in Venice’s canals have cleared, and residents have noticed more birds appearing.

    Andrea Pattaro/AFP via Getty Images


    With Humans In Hiding, Animals Take Back The World 9On March 30, ducks ventured across the street in the heart of Paris, which is typically bustling with traffic.

    Mehdi Taamallah/NurPhoto via Getty Images


    With Humans In Hiding, Animals Take Back The World 10Goats sauntered on abandoned streets in Jaipur on March 24

    Vishal Bhatnagar/NurPhoto via Getty Images


    With Humans In Hiding, Animals Take Back The World 11A baby rabbit crossed a main road in Christchurch on April 1. New Zealand entered its strictest state of lockdown on March 25.

    Sanka Vidanagama/NurPhoto via Getty Images


    With Humans In Hiding, Animals Take Back The World 12A wild fox roamed the empty streets of London on the night of March 28.

    Sanka Vidanagama/NurPhoto via Getty Images


    With Humans In Hiding, Animals Take Back The World 13On April 1, cattle looked for food in Palu, Central Sulawesi, in Indonesia, where the government is recommending that people avoid public spaces.

    Basri Marzuki/NurPhoto via Getty Images


    With Humans In Hiding, Animals Take Back The World 14A coyote stood outside Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on April 3, weeks after Major League Baseball suspended all play.

    Keith Birmingham/Pasadena Star-News via Getty Images


    With Humans In Hiding, Animals Take Back The World 15The movie theater was closed in Westbury, N.Y., on March 20, leaving the parking lot empty for Canadian geese to roam.

    Bruce Bennett/Getty Images


     

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  • BREAKING: Nigeria Records 22 New Coronavirus Cases, Total Now 276

    BREAKING: Nigeria Records 22 New Coronavirus Cases, Total Now 276

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    Nigeria has recorded 22 new Coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of confirmed infections in the country to 276.

    The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control disclosed this in a post on Twitter on Wednesday evening.

    The new cases are spread across Lagos, Bauchi, Edo and the Federal Capital Territory.

    The NCDC said, “Twenty-two new cases of #COVID19 have been reported in Nigeria: 15 in Lagos, four in the FCT, two in Bauchi, one in Edo. 

    “As at 9:00pm 8th April, there are 276 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. 

    “Fourty-four have been discharged with six deaths.” 

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  • Coronavirus: Lagos Government Quarantines 67 Ivory Coast Returnees

    Coronavirus: Lagos Government Quarantines 67 Ivory Coast Returnees

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    The Lagos State Government has placed 67 persons, who arrived Nigeria from Ivory Coast, in isolation at a facility in Badagry.

    SaharaReporters gathered that travellers were heading to Ejigbo, a town in the Osun State, when they were stopped. 

    Recall that 127 returnees from Ivory Coast had made it to Ejigbo last week out of which 17 of them tested positive for COVID-19.

    “The 67 Nigerians resident in Ivory Coast arrived at Seme Border in Lagos on Wednesday, disclosing that most of the passengers in a luxurious bus with registration number Osun XA 240 EJG which conveyed them were women, children and few men.

    “Officials from the Lagos State Ministry of Health arrived at the border post around 4:00pm and took the returnees to isolation centres in Badagry for tests and quarantine.

    “They were delayed on their way because of the border closures in Ghana, Togo and Benin Republic due to the COVID-19 pandemic,” a government official said. 

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  • COVID-19: UK Daily Death Toll Surpasses 900 For First Time

    COVID-19: UK Daily Death Toll Surpasses 900 For First Time

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    More than 900 people are reported to have died from Coronavirus in United Kingdom hospitals in a day.

    The government announced an increase of 938 deaths, taking the UK’s total to 7,097.

    According to the country’s department of health, a total of 60,733 people have now tested positive for the virus and 7,097 of those hospitalised have died.

    As of Tuesday, the number of deaths recorded was 6,159 with 55,242 confirmed cases.

    “As of 9:00am 8 April, 282,074 tests have concluded, with 14,682 tests on 7 April, 232,708 people have been tested of which 60,733 tested positive. 

    “As of 5:00pm on 7 April, of those hospitalised in the UK who tested positive for Coronavirus, 7,097 have sadly died,” the department said

    The National Health Service said the patients, who have died from the disease, were aged between 22 and 103-years-old.

    It added that all but 46 of the deceased had underlying health conditions.

    Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, who had tested positive for the disease, was hospitalised on Sunday. 

    He was later taken to intensive care unit over worsening symptoms.

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  • Nigeria Slashes N312bn Off Capital Projects In 2020 Budget

    Nigeria Slashes N312bn Off Capital Projects In 2020 Budget

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    The Nigerian Government has slashed N312bn from capital projects in the 2020 federal budget.

    This was occasioned by the global fall in oil price and the outbreak of Coronavirus in Nigeria and other parts of the world. 

    A copy of the revised budget showed that there was a 20 per cent cut on capital projects across ministries, departments and agencies to around N312,820,542,675.

    The decision to review the budget downwards was arrived at after a meeting between Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, and the leadership of the National Assembly.

     

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  • Hear Urgent Cases Via Skype, Zoom, Falana Tells Nigerian Judges

    Hear Urgent Cases Via Skype, Zoom, Falana Tells Nigerian Judges

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    Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has urged the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Ibrahim Muhammad, to prevail on judges in the country to “hear urgent applications via Skype or Zoom during the lockdown”.

    Following the outbreak of Coronavirus in Nigeria, courts were directed to shut down until the pandemic was brought under control by government.

    But encouraging judges to embrace technological tools to attend to cases during this lockdown period, Falana in a letter to the CJN said, “Since the Federal Government has relaxed the lockdown by allowing markets, shops and stalls selling food and groceries to open to customers between the hours of 10:00am and 2:00pm daily, the National Judicial Council ought to review the suspension of court sittings to enable them attend to urgent matters to ensure that thousands of people who are either awaiting trial or under investigation are not subjected to unlawful detention.

    “The review has become necessary in view of the fact that motions for the bail of many criminal suspects and applications to secure the enforcement of the fundamental right to personal liberty of other detainees are pending in several courts in all the states of the federation and in the federal capital territory.

    “In addition, the return dates in respect of several ex parte orders made by magistrates for the remand of a number of criminal suspects which have since expired are due to be quashed or renewed to extend time for further investigation.

    “More so that the heads of the various courts are vested with the power to designate judges and magistrates to attend to urgent matters in accordance with the laws establishing such courts.

    “However, in order to observe the social distancing directive, we suggest that arrangements be made for judges to hear urgent applications via Skype or Zoom.”

    Already, that strategy had been adopted in Kenya where 4,800 prisoners had been released by judges after hearing their cases through Skype and Zoom, a report by CNN said.

    “We prioritised getting a lot of people out of prison, especially petty offenders. Those who are in prison for a short term and those who have been there for a long time but have just about six months and below to go,” Anne Amadi, Chief Registrar of the judiciary in Kenya, told CNN.

    “As of Friday last week, we managed to decongest the prison by about 4800 inmates from different parts of the country. 

    “All our 39 high court stations have released people. Most of them, a good number, through Skype or Zoom,” she added.

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  • Five Nigerians In China Test Positive For Coronavirus

    Five Nigerians In China Test Positive For Coronavirus

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    Five Nigerians based in China have tested positive for Coronavirus, Daily Mail UK reports. 

    Out of the bunch, four had recently visited the same eatery, ‘Emma Food’, multiple times, the Guangzhou Health Commission announced on Tuesday.

    The restaurant owner, alongside her daughter and another child, later tested positive for the pandemic.

    Wuhan, the former epicentre, on Wednesday saw all travel restrictions lifted after 76 days.

    Seven people, who tested positive for Coronavirus, have been linked to the same restaurant in China, sparking fears.

    The Nigerian citizens with the infections were detected between March 28 and March 30, after screening 3,779 travellers from high-risk countries living in the city.

    The Coronavirus epidemic erupted in China after dozens of people suffering ‘mysterious viral pneumonia’ were linked to the same seafood market in Wuhan.

    Guangzhou is situated 1,028 kilometres (638 miles) South of the former epicentre.

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