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Columbia University, ICAP, TAG, Stony-Wold Herbert Foundation
Published: March 9, 2015, 8:32 p.m.·
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Events
The meeting will pull together researchers, public health workers, and activists to define an implementation and research agenda for drug-resistant TB and HIV treatment adherence that is centered on the unique needs of the communities most affected by these synergistic epidemics.
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Dean Peacock, Anele Yawa, Emily Nagisa Keehn
Published: March 7, 2015, 2:43 p.m.·
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Mining sector
In 2011, the Constitutional Court made a landmark ruling in Mankayi vs Anglogold Ashanti, determining that former mineworkers who suffer compensable diseases in terms of the Occupational Diseases in Mines and Works Act (Odimwa) have the right to institute damages claims against their former employers.
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Sung-Ching Pan et al.
Published: March 7, 2015, 2:25 p.m.·
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Diabetes
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International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
Published: March 7, 2015, 2:02 p.m.·
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Global TB response
Paula I Fujiwara MD, MPH, Scientific Director, and Riitta Dlodlo, MD, DMCH, MPH, Director, Department of Tuberculosis and HIV, of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, issued the following joint statement in commemoration of International Women’s Day, 8 March 2015.
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civil society
Published: March 7, 2015, 1:24 p.m.·
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Global TB response,
Advocacy
More than 45 civil society organisations co-submitted a letter to the new EU Commissioner for Health and Food Safety to use his role to champion the need for an improved response to the multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) epidemic in the European region.
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Amy Nordrum
Published: March 4, 2015, 11:57 p.m.·
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Research and development,
Pharma industry,
Medicines
Antibiotics are a critical class of drugs that have failed to earn much investment by pharmaceutical companies in recent years. The industry cites their lack of profitability, so the U.S. government is stepping in with incentives and quick regulatory approvals.
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Médecins Sans Frontières
Published: March 4, 2015, 11:55 p.m.·
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Global TB response,
Advocacy
Ahead of the 1st Eastern Partnership Ministerial Conference on Tuberculosis (TB) and Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis due to be held in Riga, Latvia on March 30-31, 2015 Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) shares their experience and recommedations on how to address the deadly gaps in fighting TB.
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World Health Organization
Published: March 4, 2015, 11:53 p.m.·
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HIV coinfection
The 9th meeting on HIV/TB research in conjunction with CROI 2015 was organised by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Seattle, USA on February 23, 2015. The meeting was convened by Haileyesus Getahun and Meg Doherty of WHO and chaired by Richard Chaisson of John Hopkins University and Constance Benson of University of California, San Diego. The meeting was opened with remarks from Eric Goosby, the UN Special Envoy on Tuberculosis, who briefly shared his plans to support the advancement of TB research which is now included as one of the three pillars of the WHO’s new End TB Strategy.
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Stop TB Partnership
Published: March 4, 2015, 11:15 p.m.·
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Global TB response,
Advocacy
The past decade has shown what is possible when we work together. We want to make this year a memorable one for TB and we want patients and communities to speak up and be at the core of our efforts this year.
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