In Lithuania, the fight against tuberculosis is made easier by a revolutionary genetic test

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In Lithuania, the fight against tuberculosis is made easier by a revolutionary genetic test  In Lithuania, the number of people suffering from tuberculosis is among the highest in the European Union. Kaunas’ hospital has been modernised thanks to European funding and is aiming to curb the disease thanks in part to a new genetic test that can diagnose the disease in just four hours.  In partnership with the European Commission  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/11/10/in-lithuania-the-fight-against-tuberculosis-is-made-easier-by-a-revolutionary-genetic-test  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00Highly contagious and deadly, tuberculosis, a lung disease, affects almost 11 million people

00:09worldwide. Lithuania is one of the most affected countries in Europe, with 23 cases per 100,000

00:15inhabitants, compared to seven cases in France. Actually, it was our history. After the collapse

00:21of Soviet Union, the numbers started to increase, and the largest number it was in 1997, it was

00:28almost 87, and then the situation started to improve. To curb the endemic, the European

00:34Union invested in renovating this hospital. It's a routine gesture for this doctor, but

00:44an unpleasant moment for his patient. A bronchoscopy carried out with brand new equipment, funded

00:49by European Aid, will allow doctors to examine the trichaea and bronchi. This is a crucial

00:55test for diagnosing tuberculosis. In the suburbs of Kaunas, Lithuania's second-largest city,

01:03the Romanu Hospital has been treating tuberculosis patients since 1937. At the height of the epidemic,

01:09it had 500 beds. Today, there are 150, most occupied by tuberculosis patients.

01:18Starting in 2016, the old facilities were renovated.

01:22Four years of work for a total cost of more than 13 million euros. 85% funded by the European

01:29Union's cohesion policy. The result? Modern rooms and high-tech equipment. This revolutionary genetic

01:37test delivers a diagnosis in just four hours and can detect drug resistance.

01:41Tuberculosis is a disease you can contract through microscopic secretions in the air,

01:56but never develop. Out of two billion people infected worldwide, 5% fall ill. The disease

02:04particularly affects the most disadvantaged populations. One of the main challenges of

02:09tuberculosis is that it's hard to detect. Alma has been hospitalized here for six months.

02:26Her treatment could last up to 18 months. With a bit of luck, she will finish it at home.

02:30Kaunas Hospital continues its efforts to bring its figures closer to those of Western Europe.

02:48In 60 years, the number of patients in Lithuania has dropped by 90%.

02:52More than 50 percent.

02:59More than 20 years, the population has dropped by nine-year-olds and the number of patients.

03:03All of the patients has died in the course of donations.

03:04The number of patients in Lithuania has dropped by nine-year-old and the number of patients in Covid-19.

03:05All of the patients have been flushed over over the years.

03:06Now, the number of patients in Lithuania has dropped by the Yahtani- Katherine-Based

03:07system, which is a high-end system of whether they were able to work in the US.

03:08One of the greatest patients in Lithuania has seen only one-year-old in the 200-year-old-old in the world.

03:11The number of people who have been in the world-class Children's

03:13system of the US, has been docked over 80%.

03:13The number of patients in the country's region of the US are at 40%.

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