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Brief news reports on Tuberculosis
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UITB
Published: Sept. 23, 2015, 7:40 p.m.·
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Events
- IX Congress of the Spanish Society of Tropical Medicine and International Health
The IX Congress of the Spanish Society of Tropical Medicine and International Health will take place in Calpe (Alicante) from 22 to 24 October 2015. More information available in Spanish here.
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Deutsche Welle
Published: Sept. 22, 2015, 9:11 p.m.·
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Global TB response
Although some 37 million cases of TB were treated or prevented through proper care between 2000 and 2013, the World Health Organization says the diseases is "second only to HIV/AIDS as the greatest killer worldwide due to a single infectious agent." This report from the slums of Mumbai introduces those who should be at the centre of the old and the new global development goals, but who are too poor to keep themselves healthy and too poor to seek treatment.
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Umesh Isalkar
Published: Sept. 22, 2015, 8:59 p.m.·
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Drug-resistant TB,
Diagnostics
PUNE: Within two months, every newly diagnosed tuberculosis (TB) patient in Maharashtra will be first put through the drug susceptibility test to check for drug-resistant TB, and also to determine which drugs will work well on the patient.
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Michael Smith
Published: Sept. 22, 2015, 8:52 p.m.·
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Diagnostics
SAN DIEGO -- "Smell technology" might improve the diagnosis of pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis (TB) around the world, a researcher said here.
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Mark Mascolini
Published: Sept. 22, 2015, 8:38 p.m.·
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HIV coinfection
Recovery of polyfunctional TB-specific CD4 cells boosted chances of tuberculosis immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (TB-IRIS) after antiretroviral therapy (ART) began in a case-control study of 143 people with active TB [1]. The finding adds to the understanding of this dangerous syndrome in people starting ART with active TB.
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Andrew Pollack
Published: Sept. 21, 2015, 9:58 p.m.·
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Access
A huge overnight price increase for an important tuberculosis drug has been rescinded after the company that acquired the drug gave it back to its previous owner under pressure, it was announced on Monday.
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Andrew Pollack
Published: Sept. 21, 2015, 9:42 p.m.·
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Access
Specialists in infectious disease are protesting a gigantic overnight increase in the price of a 62-year-old drug that is the standard of care for treating a life-threatening parasitic infection.
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Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Published: Sept. 21, 2015, 8:56 p.m.·
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Global TB response
VILNIUS, Lithuania, 15 September 2015 – A new grant agreement between 11 Eastern European and Central Asian nations and the Global Fund aims to boost tuberculosis control by building stronger systems for health and stressing high level political advocacy and interaction between governments.
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Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Published: Sept. 21, 2015, 8:42 p.m.·
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Global TB response
The number of tuberculosis cases detected and treated increased by 11 percent to reach 13.2 million.
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By
Health24
Published: Sept. 20, 2015, 8:55 p.m.·
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TB programs
Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the leading causes of deaths in South Africa and that is why everyone is being encouraged to get screened.
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