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Africa: Historic Challenges Remain in TB Fight
allAfrica, 19 March 2012
What do George Orwell, Frederic Chopin and Archbishop Desmond Tutu have in common? Read more »
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Africa: New Vaccine Strategy to Advance Solutions for Tuberculosis
Burness Communications, 20 March 2012
Against a backdrop of growing concern about the impact of tuberculosis on children, top scientific experts today published a global plan of action for developing the vaccines that… Read more »
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Africa: Alarming Scale of Multidrug-Resistant TB Requires Rapid Response
MSF, 20 March 2012
Alarming new data suggest that the global scope of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is much more vast than previously estimated, requiring a concerted international effort… Read more »
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Africa: TB Community Releases Vaccine Research Blueprint
SciDev.Net, 20 March 2012
A global blueprint on tuberculosis (TB) vaccines that maps out key research and development priorities for the next decade has been published today in a special issue of the… Read more »
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Africa: TB Alliance Launches New Combination Drug Trial
TB Alliance, 19 March 2012
In an ambitious effort to stem the dangerous tide of tuberculosis (TB) and deadly drug-resistant TB around the world, TB Alliance today announced that it has launched a… Read more »
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Africa: Door-to-Door Outreach Cuts TB Prevalence
PlusNews, 1 November 2011
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 »
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Southern Africa: New Hope for Tackling TB in the Community
Health-e, 2 November 2011
The results of a seven-year-long study into TB in the Western Cape and Zambia shows how home visits by counsellors can dramatically reduce TB prevalence. Read more »
Africa: Historic Challenges Remain in TB Fight
As World TB Day approaches on March 24, the challenges that have faced public health systems worldwide for decades - adequate funding, improved medicines and efficient health systems - remain in 2012.
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19 March 2012
Tuberculosis Care for Rural Swaziland
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- United Nations
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- United Nations
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United Nations, New York, March 2012 - Tuberculosis is currently the main cause of death among adults in Swaziland. In remote regions where access ... see more »
InFocus
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In the wake of a major study showing malaria deaths are twice what everybody thought comes a WHO study showing the highest levels of drug-resistant TB yet. Read more »
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The results of a seven-year tuberculosis study, focusing on the Western Cape in South Africa and Zambia, have been released. Read more »
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Governments have been urged to step up their commitment and contributions to meet the goal of diagnosing and treating tuberculosis as the world marks TB Day. Read more »
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Regional Experts are gathered in Luanda to analyse and prepare the agenda for the Extraordinary Joint Meeting of Ministers of Health, Mining and Employment. Read more »
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An increase in the number of public-health campaigns has seen a significant drop in the country's tuberculosis cases. Read more »
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Rats are being trained to sniff out and detect landmines and TB because of their keen sense of smell. Read more »
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Tuberculosis (TB) is a contagious disease which spreads through the air. Most people who get infected never develop the disease. But with compromised immunity, especially in ... Read more »
