{"id":18347,"date":"2024-04-11T15:17:16","date_gmt":"2024-04-11T15:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=18347"},"modified":"2024-04-11T15:17:17","modified_gmt":"2024-04-11T15:17:17","slug":"introducing-a-new-tuberculosis-treatment-regimen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/introducing-a-new-tuberculosis-treatment-regimen\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing a New Tuberculosis Treatment Regimen"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Tonight&#8217;s NCN Health report, sponsored by Essential Care Pharmacy and GTM Insurance, brings exciting news from the Ministry of Health: Guyana is taking significant steps towards ending tuberculosis (TB) by 2030 with the introduction of a new treatment regimen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Jeetendra Mohanlall, Director of the TB Programme, shared that Guyana has already made substantial progress in reducing TB incidence, achieving a 20% reduction through Directly Observed Treatment, Short-course (DOTs) strategy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This approach ensures that TB patients adhere to their six-month treatment regimen, leading to successful outcomes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, Dr. Mohanlall revealed that a new treatment regimen with a shorter duration is on the horizon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a recent episode of Health Matters, Dr. Mohanlall unveiled the details of the new regimen, which involves the use of rifapentine and moxifloxacin. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Remarkably, this regimen achieves the same success rate as the traditional six-month therapy but requires treatment for only four months. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This advancement marks a significant leap forward in TB treatment, promising better outcomes for patients in a shorter timeframe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The rollout of the new TB treatment regimen is scheduled for this year, offering hope for improved health outcomes and accelerated progress towards TB elimination. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, Dr. Mohanlall announced plans to introduce new medications for latent TB infection, including a combination pill of rifapentine and isoniazid. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This pill will reduce the pill burden for patients, as it only needs to be taken once weekly for twelve weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As Guyana continues its fight against TB, the Ministry of Health&#8217;s proactive approach to adopting innovative treatments underscores its commitment to achieving the goal of TB elimination by 2030.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tonight&#8217;s NCN Health report, sponsored by Essential Care Pharmacy and GTM Insurance, brings exciting news from the Ministry of Health: Guyana is taking significant steps towards ending tuberculosis (TB) by&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":18348,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18347"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18349,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18347\/revisions\/18349"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}