New results from WHO's Global TB Report show that the percentage of people "missed" by health systems after failing to be diagnosed, treated or reported has dropped significantly. ... Read more »
This new drug could dramatically shorten treatment length to between six and nine months, greatly reduce the number of pills required, and help to increase extensively ... Read more »
Prisons authorities have expressed concern over the high prevalence of tuberculosis (TB) among inmates due to overwhelming numbers. The high figures are blamed on overcrowding, ... Read more »
In the scientific language of the University of Cape Town's announcement, the project will "focus on addressing the issue of variability in drug response across African ... Read more »
"TB remains the world's deadliest infectious killer. Each day, nearly 4,500 people lose their lives to TB and close to 30,000 people fall ill with this preventable and curable ... Read more »
In an important step in the fight against strains of tuberculosis which resist conventional treatments, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has agreed to review urgently a new ... Read more »
A new study finds that a shorter course of drugs to prevent tuberculosis - one of the world's deadliest diseases - is effective and can safely be given to people who are also ... Read more »
Global Fund, an international financing organisation focused on ending epidemics, is working with the Nigerian government to increase efforts in controlling the tuberculosis ... Read more »
People with drug-resistant tuberculosis continue to be deprived of the best-possible treatment in part because of high drug prices, according to Doctors Without Borders. Read more »
There have long been differences over the pricing of drugs crucial to combating disease in poorer countries, with international drugs companies, backed by Western governments, ... Read more »
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