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Aeras
Published: Aug. 28, 2014, 8 p.m.·
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Vaccines
Multi-site study underway in Africa
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World Health Organization
Published: Aug. 27, 2014, 8:27 p.m.·
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Drug-resistant TB
The Handbook has been developed for the purpose of describing ways to implement established WHO policies relevant for the management of MDR-TB.
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By
Donald G. McNeil Jr.
Published: Aug. 27, 2014, 12:31 p.m.·
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Global TB response
VERENA, South Africa — A fading roadside ad for Selala Funeral Service here captures what was, until recently, the essence of South Africa’s AIDS epidemic: “Tombstones Are Available,” it reads. “Buy One, Get One Free.”
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Médecins Sans Frontières
Published: Aug. 26, 2014, 11:05 p.m.·
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Advocacy,
Access
Ahead of the RCEP Ministerial Conference to be held in Myanmar on 27-28 August 2014, see letter from Medecins Sans Frontieres addressed to the Indian Minister of State for Commerce & Industry regarding the inclusion of intellectual property (IP) in the negotiations of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and its potential impact on access to affordable generic medicines from India.
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Emilie Filou
Published: Aug. 26, 2014, 11 p.m.·
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Treatment
The development of PaMZ has been hailed as a breakthrough. But what do the experts think?
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By
Racheal Ninsiima
Published: Aug. 26, 2014, 10:58 p.m.·
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Access
Julius Kiiza, 26, was like many youths his age a few years back. He loved to hang out and live a good life.
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By
Ayanda Mkhwanazi
Published: Aug. 26, 2014, 10:49 p.m.·
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Treatment,
Access,
Drug-resistant TB
Mpumalanga patients with drug-resistant TB say health workers at specialist TB hospitals in Standerton and Barberton keep them in the dark about their diagnosis and treatment.
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WHO/Europe
Published: Aug. 26, 2014, 10:28 p.m.·
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Global TB response
WHO is expanding its health response in Ukraine to support the health needs of those affected in conflict areas and internally displaced by the ongoing fighting in the Donbas region (Donetsk and Luhansk) of eastern Ukraine. On World Humanitarian Day, WHO calls on the international community to pledge US$ 14 million to safeguard the health of an increasingly vulnerable population.
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By
Ed Silverman
Published: Aug. 26, 2014, 10:15 p.m.·
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Pharma industry
A nasty spat has broken out between the generic pharmaceutical industry and an international organization that develops widely accepted standards for developing prescription drugs.
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By
Mark Mascolini
Published: Aug. 22, 2014, 4:17 p.m.·
Tags:
HIV coinfection
Tuberculosis and other HIV diseases accounted for three quarters of the deaths in the first 26 weeks of the CAMELIA trial of early versus delayed antiretroviral therapy (ART) for people being treated for TB. An array of factors explained a higher risk of death.
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