Africa: Drug Resistant TB a Ticking Time Bomb
Countries with high levels of HIV and limited access to treatment are sitting on a drug-resistant tuberculosis time bomb, which in some instances may have already exploded.
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South Africa:
Drug-Resistant TB - A Ticking Time Bomb
Health-e, 24 March 2011
Countries with high numbers of people living with HIV, especially where access to antiretroviral treatment is patchy, are sitting on a drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) time… Read more »
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South Africa:
Government's DR-TB Plan
Health-e, 24 March 2011
South Africa is moving towards decentralising the treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) care to primary care level, but will continue to hospitalise those patients who… Read more »
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South Africa:
The Success of Decentralising DR-TB Treatment
Health-e, 24 March 2011
Khayelitsha healthcare providers are once again blazing the trail, finding innovative ways to tackle the drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) epidemic with great success by… Read more »
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Africa:
Partners Call for Increased Commitment to Tackle MDR-TB
Global Fund, 24 March 2011
On World TB Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and the Stop TB Partnership are calling on world leaders to step up… Read more »
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South Africa:
Leaders Pressed to Revive Pledge to Tackle MDR-TB
BuaNews, 23 March 2011
World leaders have been challenged to step up their commitment and contributions to meet the goal of diagnosing and treating one million people with multidrug-resistant… Read more »