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South Africa:
TB - Miners Hardest Hit
Health-e, 23 March 2012
Musa Ernest Nkoko is a 52-year old ex-miner with multi-drug resistant (MDR) tuberculosis. He lives in KaShoba in the Lubombo region of Swaziland with his wife and five children… Read more »
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South Africa:
'This TB Has Changed My Life'
Health-e, 22 March 2012
Eighteen years after contracting tuberculosis, Thabo Mwale still suffers from the damage caused by the infection as he now has only one functional lung. Read more »
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Kenya:
WB Steps in to Help Fight TB
Capital FM, 21 March 2012
The Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation now says it is in the process of decentralising testing services for the Multi Drug Resistant (MDR) Tuberculosis to ease congestion at… Read more »
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South Africa:
TB - the Forgotten Children
Health-e, 23 March 2012
The little girl squirms and tries to break free from the adults pinning her down, her terrified eyes as wide as saucers and her screams muffled by the tube they are trying to… Read more »
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Africa:
Secretariat's Health Section to Address Tuberculosis
Commonwealth, 21 March 2012
The Commonwealth Secretariat's Health Section is exploring ways to partner with international organisations to contribute to the eradication of tuberculosis (TB), which currently… Read more »
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South Africa:
World Tuberculosis Day - Fighting Drug Resistance in the Country
MSF, 23 March 2012
Good afternoon, 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:
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:
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 »