Publication date: Nov 18, 2024

-Many children with TB disease were diagnosed when they presented with acute pneumonia, suggesting that in areas of high TB prevalence, children with pneumonia should be investigated for TB. ” The outcome revealed there was a high risk of TB infection and disease in children up to 10-years-old who lived in communities where the sickness was common. -Despite reasonable nutrition and almost no children living with HIV, there was an extraordinarily high, concerning rate of TB infection and disease in this cohort. Children were tested for TB infection and disease at age six months, 12 months, and then a year later for those who produced negative test results. In this way, the team found that by eight years old, children’s risk of developing TB infection was a substantial 36%. They also found that despite the disease and infection being treatable, many few accessed the care. It’s clearly an urgent health problem with both short and long-term impacts on these children and their families,” he explained.

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