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By
Pete Lewis
Published: Oct. 28, 2015, 10:17 a.m.·
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Mining sector
As the judges of the South Gauteng High Court prepare their findings in the massive silicosis class action case, Pete Lewis reflects on the failure of the compensation system to protect black mineworkers from the disease, condemning them to poverty and destitution.
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Jennifer Furin,
Gunta Dravniece
Published: Oct. 27, 2015, 11:23 p.m.·
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Drug-resistant TB
In the “Implementation Innovations” webinar series from USAID and SIAPS, Dr. Jennifer Furin and Dr. Gunta Dravniece presented on October 13, 2015 about new TB drug delamanid. This webinar provided up-to-date information on the use of delamanid for treatment of patients under program conditions. This webinar may be of special interest to consultants, program managers, and clinicians working in the field of drug-resistant TB.
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By
Jennifer Furin
Published: Oct. 27, 2015, 11:18 p.m.·
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Drug-resistant TB
In the “Implementation Innovations” webinar series from USAID and SIAPS, Dr. Jennifer Furin presented on September 10, 2015 about new TB drug bedaquiline. This webinar provided up-to-date information on the use of bedaquiline for treatment of patients under program conditions. This webinar may be of special interest to consultants, program managers, and clinicians working in the field of drug-resistant TB.
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By
Médecins Sans Frontières
Published: Oct. 27, 2015, 11:09 p.m.·
Tags:
Access
New Delhi, 26 October 2015—As African leaders meet with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi for an African Union-India meeting this week, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) urged African governments and India to work together to maintain trade in affordable generic medicines that is a lifeline for millions of people in India, Africa and other developing countries.
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By
Lucica Ditiu,
Camilla Burkot
Published: Oct. 27, 2015, 10:46 p.m.·
Tags:
Global TB response
Dr Lucica Ditiu is the Executive Secretary of the Stop TB Partnership, a global partnership of more than 1,300 partners – ranging from multilaterals to community- and faith-based organisations – with a vision of ending tuberculosis (TB), hosted by UNOPS in Geneva. Lucica recently travelled to Australia for the Asia-Pacific meeting of the International Union Against TB & Lung Disease. Camilla Burkot caught up with her during her post-conference visit to Canberra to talk about funding for TB research, engaging politicians, and what the Stop TB Partnership is doing to combat TB stigma. You can listen to a podcast here, and download a full transcript here [pdf]. For a summary of their conversation, read on.
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By
Kim Wong
Published: Oct. 27, 2015, 10:03 p.m.·
Tags:
TB care
Tuberculosis has killed more people in human history than any other infectious disease and is spreading across modern India. Channel NewsAsia’s Get Real meets the heroic NGO workers who give India’s TB patients hope to beat the disease.
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By
London Assembly Health Committee
Published: Oct. 27, 2015, 9:28 p.m.·
Tags:
TB epidemiology,
TB programs
27 October 2015 - Tuberculosis (TB) poses a highly significant public health challenge in the capital today [2]. A significant minority of Londoners don’t know how TB is transmitted or what the symptoms are.
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By
Agenda.ge
Published: Oct. 27, 2015, 9:02 p.m.·
Tags:
TB care
October 27, 2015 - Georgia is searching for new ways to fight tuberculosis (TB) and involuntary treatment of those infected by the deadly infection might be an option.
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By
USAID
Published: Oct. 27, 2015, 8:33 p.m.·
Tags:
Drug-resistant TB,
Treatment,
Access
Patients in Georgia suffering from deadly strains of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) will soon have access to potentially life-saving medication thanks to a collaboration between the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and Janssen. Nearly 200 patients in Georgia will begin receiving the tuberculosis drug, SIRTURO® (bedaquiline), as part of their treatment program for MDR-TB. Georgia is classified as a high MDR-TB burden country with 48 percent of known TB cases being identified as multidrug-resistant.
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