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Brief news reports on Tuberculosis
By
Oksana Grytsenko
Published: Aug. 3, 2014, 1:01 p.m.·
Tags:
TB care
DONETSK, Ukraine – While Russia’s war against Ukraine has claimed more than 1,000 lives since April, in addition to at least 363 servicemen, there are other casualties that aren’t getting as much attention.
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By
April Cashin-Garbutt
Published: Aug. 3, 2014, 12:42 p.m.·
Tags:
TB epidemiology,
Pediatrics
It was recently announced that new estimates indicated over 650,000 children develop tuberculosis (TB) every year in the 22 countries with a high burden of the disease (HBCs). Which countries are these and why are so many children developing TB in these areas?
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By
SABC News
Published: Aug. 1, 2014, 11:07 p.m.·
Tags:
Treatment,
Drug-resistant TB
The University of Cape Town's (UCT) head of Pulmonology division, Professor Keertan Dheda, says he is less optimistic about the cocktail of drugs for drug-resistance TB.
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By
Susan Blumenthal, Laura McCulloch, and Stephanie Heung
Published: Aug. 1, 2014, 10:42 p.m.·
Tags:
Global TB response
Next week, over 40 African heads of state will convene in Washington, D.C. for the first-ever U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit. One important issue that requires attention at the meeting is strengthening the response to infectious diseases including HIV/AIDS, malaria, Ebola and tuberculosis (TB) that threaten lives, economies and national security.
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Published: Aug. 1, 2014, 10:29 p.m.·
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Events
You are invited to attend the following virtual scientific lectures:
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By
ATAC,
Community Research Advisors Group (CRAG),
European AIDS Treatment Group (EATG),
TB CAB
Published: Aug. 1, 2014, 9:25 p.m.·
Tags:
Advocacy,
TB CAB,
CRAG
Several community groups express concerns regarding the STREAM stage II trial design for bedaquiline approval.
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By
World Health Organization
Published: July 27, 2014, 11:08 p.m.·
Tags:
TB programs
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By
Lucy Maroncha
Published: July 27, 2014, 9:32 p.m.·
Tags:
HIV coinfection
HIV and tuberculosis advocates say failure by donors and governments to invest more in these diseases may thwart efforts to end both epidemics resulting in thousands of preventable deaths.
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By
Julia Evangelou Strait
Published: July 27, 2014, 8:46 p.m.·
Tags:
Scientific research
Researchers have uncovered a way the malaria parasite becomes resistant to an investigational drug. The discovery, at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, also is relevant for other infectious diseases including bacterial infections and tuberculosis.
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By
Shobha Shukla
Published: July 24, 2014, 7:06 p.m.·
Tags:
HIV coinfection
“We must focus upon individual human beings rather than on individual diseases of TB and HIV. A person centric approach is bound to work together than a disease centric approach,” said Mark Dybul, Executive Director, Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria at a high level WHO consultation, held in conjunction with 20th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2014), to discuss policies to catalyze the response for elimination of TB deaths among people living with HIV (PLHIV).
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