Researchers presented four new AI approaches for detecting and monitoring TB at the Union World Conference on Lung Health in Copenhagen (18–21 November). The tools include breath analysis, cough screening, vulnerability mapping and a chest X‑ray tool for children.
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Senegal launched a nationwide, multisectoral response to a Rift Valley fever outbreak, announced at a press conference on 20 October in Dakar. By that date officials had tested 1,657 samples and confirmed 258 human cases.
PAHO has published the first evidence-based guide to treat tungiasis, recommending low-viscosity dimethicone and warning against unsafe manual removal. The disease affects millions in Latin America, the Caribbean and Sub-Saharan Africa.
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