"TB"

The singer-cum-actress who seemed perfectly healthy until shortly before her death on June 14 had succumbed to a rare form of tuberculosis, a detailed examination by the Siriraj Hospital reveals.

A 61-year-old homeless woman who died of tuberculosis (TB) last month had only just been confirmed as a Thai in a DNA test, which would have earned her a citizenship card and access to the Bt30 healthcare scheme that could have saved her life.

Presently, one-quarter of the world’s population is thought to be infected with latent tuberculosis, with more than 95 per cent of the cases occurring in developing countries.

Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh has been appointed regional director for World Health Organisation Southeast Asia, for a second five-year term.

Inmates at 143 prisons nationwide are to be tested for tuberculosis in a joint project by the Department of Disease Control (DDC) and the Corrections Department.

Peng Liyuan, wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping, addressed the United Nations General Assembly high-level meeting on ending tuberculosis (TB) via a video on Wednesday, calling for global efforts to put an end to the epidemic.

Staff members of public hospitals are examining 2,000 inmates at Maha Sarakham Prison after nine were found to have tuberculosis in 2016 and another eight in 2017.

About 300 inmates of Nakhon Ratchasima Central Prison, both male and female, have been diagnosed with tuberculosis, a senior public health official said on Wednesday.

About a fifth of migrant workers who registered at Tak’s one-stop service centre for labour office and underwent a health check were found to have tuberculosis.