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March 13, 2012
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South Africa: What the World's Largest Preventative TB Study Taught Us [opinion]
Even though the world's largest study of preventative tuberculosis therapy indicated that community-wide isoniazid preventative TB therapy (IPT) failed to lower community TB levels... Read more »
March 9, 2012
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South Africa: Preventative TB Trial Disappoints
After seven years of research, the world's largest study of preventative tuberculosis (TB) therapy has found that untargeted, community-wide distribution of TB prevention drugs did... Read more »
February 28, 2012
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South Africa: New Reports Chart Progress, Costs in HIV Fight
Mothers, babies and newly diagnosed HIV patients are receiving more of the services they need but progress comes at a cost, according to a new report that predicts a funding... Read more »
February 1, 2012
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Tanzania: Good Results in Programme to Boost TB Detection
A pilot community programme to improve TB detection in northern Tanzania has shown good results and could be replicated nationwide as the country seeks to improve its TB treatment... Read more »
November 9, 2011
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South Africa: MDR-TB Remains a Difficult Diagnosis for Children
Years of treatment and mounds of pills are hard work for older patients with multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB), but in children, treatment becomes a minefield for patients... Read more »
November 2, 2011
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Africa: Door-to-Door Outreach Cuts TB Prevalence
Home-based tuberculosis (TB) education and testing reduced community TB prevalence by about 20 percent, according to findings of a large, two-country study released at the... Read more »
October 31, 2011
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Africa: Straight Talk With Stop TB Director Mario Raviglione
With global health funding on the decline, officials are concerned that strains of tuberculosis (TB), including multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB), may go untreated. Stop... Read more »
August 18, 2011
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South Africa: 'People Who Have TB Still Face the Same Challenges I Faced in 2002'
Lihle Dlamini is the deputy general-secretary of South Africa's AIDS lobby group, the Treatment Action Campaign. As the country moves to include a strong emphasis on tuberculosis... Read more »
August 17, 2011
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South Africa: Shortage of Drug-Resistant TB Treatment Looms
While countries are rolling out new tests that will enable them to diagnose more patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB), a worldwide shortage of the drugs to treat these... Read more »
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