By
Laura Lopez Gonzalez
Published: June 13, 2014, 5:37 p.m.·
Tags:
Advocacy,
Correctional facilities
TAC and Section27 have delivered the second of two civil society memorandums at the South African TB Conference: "A prison sentence should not be a death sentence: We need a serious, urgent, public and monitored plan to stop TB in prisons".
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By
Médecins Sans Frontières
Published: June 13, 2014, 4:58 p.m.·
Tags:
Treatment,
Access,
Drug-resistant TB,
Advocacy
South Africa could realise savings of up to 42% through fully decentralised models of care, but fragmented, slow government response sees policy stutter after 3 years; MSF negotiates to expand access to effective drugs for more patients at lower price.
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By
South African Department of Health
Published: June 13, 2014, 2:46 p.m.·
Tags:
Guidelines
The South African Department of Health has released its latest guidelines for the management of tuberculosis in adults.
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By
Laura Lopez Gonzalez
Published: June 13, 2014, 2:16 p.m.·
Tags:
Advocacy,
Global TB response,
Drug-resistant TB,
Public health
Civil society groups have called for government to declare drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) a public health emergency, as the DR-TB response remains underfunded.
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By
Treatment Action Group
Published: June 4, 2014, 7:46 p.m.·
Tags:
Advocacy,
Treatment
The guide provides a summary of safety and efficacy data for drugs currently in use to treat TB. It also highlights research and access gaps for advocacy by activists, clinicians, and others working in TB.
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By
RESIST-TB
Published: June 1, 2014, 11:14 p.m.·
Tags:
Drug-resistant TB
Curious what is going on in clinical trials for DR-TB? Visit RESIST-TB Progress Report: DR-TB Clinical Trials table to check out what trials are in development, enrolling and completed here.
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By
Meera Senthilingam
Published: May 28, 2014, 2:47 p.m.·
Tags:
Drug-resistant TB,
TB epidemiology,
Global TB response,
HIV coinfection
"The disease has reached a public health emergency in South Africa. We treat 8,000 cases of resistance a year and now a chunk of those have developed resistance beyond XDR-TB - incurable TB."
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By
World Health Organization
Published: May 21, 2014, 6:43 p.m.·
Tags:
Global TB response
The strategy aims to end the global TB epidemic, with targets to reduce TB deaths by 95% and to cut new cases by 90% between 2015 and 2035.
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By
Médecins Sans Frontières
Published: May 21, 2014, 3:48 p.m.·
Tags:
Global TB response,
Drug-resistant TB,
Advocacy
Phumeza Tisile, co-author of the DR-TB Manifesto and XDR-TB survivor, delivers urgent plea to World Health Assembly delegates on behalf of 50,000 supporters worldwide.
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By
UNITAID
Published: May 6, 2014, 8:57 p.m.·
Tags:
Drug-resistant TB,
Treatment,
Access,
Hepatitis C
Breakthrough new medicines for drug-resistant TB to be made available for low- and middle-income countries as part of $160 million of new grants funded by UNITAID.
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