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International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
Published: April 14, 2015, 11:16 p.m.·
Tags:
Global TB response,
Public health
The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (IJTLD) is the official publication of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union).
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Stop TB Partnership
Published: April 14, 2015, 11:09 p.m.·
Tags:
Global TB response
14 April 2015 - Paris, France - The 26th Stop TB Partnership Coordinating Board meeting hosted by France at the French Ministry of Health opened in Paris today. The high-level Board meeting is chaired by the Minister of Health for South Africa and Chair of the Stop TB Partnership Coordinating Board, Dr Aaron Motsoledi and the Vice Chair, Dr Joanne Carter, Executive Director of RESULTS USA.
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WHO
Published: April 14, 2015, 10:18 p.m.·
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Scientific research
14 APRIL 2015 | GENEVA - WHO today issued a public statement calling for the disclosure of results from clinical trials for medical products, whatever the result. The move aims to ensure that decisions related to the safety and efficacy of vaccines, drugs and medical devices for use by populations are supported by the best available evidence.
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Stop TB Partnership
Published: April 13, 2015, 10:02 p.m.·
Tags:
Global TB response
13 April 2015 - Paris, France - A first draft of the next Global Plan to Stop TB 2016-2020 was today shared for review on the fringes of the opening of the 26th Stop TB Partnership Coordinating Board meeting in Paris tomorrow. The Plan will call for a paradigm shift from just controlling TB to ending TB in the fight against the disease over the next five years if the world is to achieve an end to TB, as the World Health Assembly committed in 2014.
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By
Antigone Barton
Published: April 13, 2015, 9:52 p.m.·
Tags:
TB programs,
TB care
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Médecins Sans Frontières
Published: April 13, 2015, 9:35 p.m.·
Tags:
Access
Berlin/New Delhi, 13-April-15: On the occasion of the visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Germany, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) calls on German Chancellor Angela Merkel to refrain from pushing for harmful IP provisions in the EU-India free trade agreement which is currently under negotiation. The EU-India Free Trade Agreement (FTA) has been in negotiations since 2007. From the outset, the European Commission has pushed to include provisions that would undermine India’s ability to produce affordable medicines on which millions of people in developing countries rely.
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National Institutes of Health
Published: April 13, 2015, 8:40 p.m.·
Tags:
Scientific research
The National Institutes of Health and the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) are awarding 31 grants to U.S. and South African scientists to support research targeting HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and HIV-related co-morbidities and cancers. The awards, which total $8 million in first-year funding, are the first to be issued through the South Africa–U.S. Program for Collaborative Biomedical Research. The program, which was established in 2013 with funding from NIH and SAMRC, is designed to foster and/or expand basic, translational, behavioral and applied research to advance scientific discovery among U.S. and South African researchers working collaboratively in the areas of HIV/AIDS and TB. The new awards will support research conducted at eight South African institutions and link scientists at these institutions with U.S. researchers at more than 20 U.S.-based research organizations, including the NIH.
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African Union,
CDC
Published: April 13, 2015, 8:32 p.m.·
Tags:
Public health
Washington, DC –A Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) signed today by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, M.B. Ch.B., chairperson of the African Union Commission, formalizes a collaboration between the African Union Commission and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in creating the African Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (African CDC).
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By
Linda Nordling
Published: April 10, 2015, 11:40 p.m.·
Tags:
Scientific research
African scientists look set to gain greater control over research in their own countries, if an ambitious plan for a regional hub to award grants and develop research capacity bears fruit.
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By
Stephanie Findlay
Published: April 10, 2015, 8:27 p.m.·
Tags:
Drug-resistant TB,
Treatment,
Medicines,
Access
Drug-resistant tuberculosis is a major health challenge across much of Africa, but a new medicine being pioneered in South Africa could be a breakthrough after decades of frustration.
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