Missouriwatcher
Editor, Senior Moderator
November 8, 2011 11-061
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RECEIVES $3.75 MILLION FOR
RESEARCH TO FURTHER TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF
TUBERCULOSIS
HONOLULU -- The Hawai?i State Department of Health (DOH) Tuberculosis (TB) Control Branch recently
received a $3.75 million contract to participate in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-
sponsored Tuberculosis Epidemiological Studies Consortium (TBESC). The DOH was one of ten sites
selected nationwide after a highly competitive application process...
Tuberculosis remains a public health priority for the State Department of Health. Because Hawai?i has
many immigrants from Southeast Asia and other areas where TB is common, the state continues to have
the highest rate of TB disease in the nation at nine cases per 100,000 residents, more than double the U.S.
average. In 2010, the TB Control Program successfully treated 115 cases of infectious tuberculosis.
The new contract allows the State to focus on TB prevention in Hawaii?s high-risk groups. These groups
include people born in countries where TB is common, as well as individuals with diabetes or on dialysis,
individuals with high risk medical conditions such as HIV, individuals who are close contacts of patients
with active TB, and individuals whose immune system is weakened...
The program is expected to enroll 500 to 1,000 participants annually over a seven-year enrollment period.
Newly demonstrated treatment methods, such as once-weekly preventive treatment, and use of new TB
blood tests for TB infection will be used in the coming year. Results and recommendations from the new
study will help improve efficiency and effectiveness for Hawaii?s TB screening procedures and focus state
resources on high-risk groups.
The Tuberculosis Control Branch of the Department of Health works to reduce and control tuberculosis in
the state by providing effective prevention, detection, treatment, and education services. The program
ensures that effective testing and treatment is accessible for all the people of Hawaii, provides direct
services through TB clinics, and investigates individuals who are potentially exposed to infectious TB cases
throughout the state.
http://hawaii.gov/health/about/pr/pressdate.html
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RECEIVES $3.75 MILLION FOR
RESEARCH TO FURTHER TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF
TUBERCULOSIS
HONOLULU -- The Hawai?i State Department of Health (DOH) Tuberculosis (TB) Control Branch recently
received a $3.75 million contract to participate in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-
sponsored Tuberculosis Epidemiological Studies Consortium (TBESC). The DOH was one of ten sites
selected nationwide after a highly competitive application process...
Tuberculosis remains a public health priority for the State Department of Health. Because Hawai?i has
many immigrants from Southeast Asia and other areas where TB is common, the state continues to have
the highest rate of TB disease in the nation at nine cases per 100,000 residents, more than double the U.S.
average. In 2010, the TB Control Program successfully treated 115 cases of infectious tuberculosis.
The new contract allows the State to focus on TB prevention in Hawaii?s high-risk groups. These groups
include people born in countries where TB is common, as well as individuals with diabetes or on dialysis,
individuals with high risk medical conditions such as HIV, individuals who are close contacts of patients
with active TB, and individuals whose immune system is weakened...
The program is expected to enroll 500 to 1,000 participants annually over a seven-year enrollment period.
Newly demonstrated treatment methods, such as once-weekly preventive treatment, and use of new TB
blood tests for TB infection will be used in the coming year. Results and recommendations from the new
study will help improve efficiency and effectiveness for Hawaii?s TB screening procedures and focus state
resources on high-risk groups.
The Tuberculosis Control Branch of the Department of Health works to reduce and control tuberculosis in
the state by providing effective prevention, detection, treatment, and education services. The program
ensures that effective testing and treatment is accessible for all the people of Hawaii, provides direct
services through TB clinics, and investigates individuals who are potentially exposed to infectious TB cases
throughout the state.
http://hawaii.gov/health/about/pr/pressdate.html