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Mar 24, 2023 · TB is endemic in Singapore and latent TB infection is not uncommon in our population, with rates of up to 30 per cent in the older age groups. In 2022, there were 1,251 new cases of active TB among Singapore residents.
Tuberculosis, better known as TB, is caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis and is an air-borne disease transmitted through fine respiratory droplets from an infected person.
The TB incidence in the local Singapore population (i.e. citizens and permanent residents) rose for the first time in ten years to 40 per 100,000 in 2008 and 39 per 100,000 in 2009. Prior to this, the TB rate of the local population had declined steadily from 57 per 100,000 in 1998 to 35 per 100,000 in 2007.
Given that TB was prevalent in Singapore before the 1960s – an immunisation programme for newborn babies was started in the mid-1950s – there is still a sizeable number of older people in Singapore with latent TB infection.
Sep 17, 2020 · A once-deadly disease, tuberculosis can now be treated. Learn about the signs and symptoms of TB, how the disease is treated, how to restrict the spread of TB, and more.
The National Tuberculosis (TB) Programme (NTBP), previously known as the Singapore TB Elimination Programme (STEP), was launched by MOH in 1997 to strengthen the national TB prevention and care efforts in response to the then decade-long stagnation in the country's TB incidence rate.
Mar 22, 2024 · SINGAPORE – Guidelines for the treatment of tuberculosis (TB) in Singapore have been updated, following the development of newer and better ways of diagnosing and treating the disease in...
