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Institute of Tropical Medicine
Published: Dec. 13, 2013, 8:17 p.m.·
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has handed over the management of the world’s largest public collection of tuberculosis (TB) strains to the Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM) in Antwerp. These TB strains are of major importance for scientific research into infectious diseases, particularly towards a better understanding of the TB bacterium’s drug resistance. In November, the European Commission and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) warned that antibiotic resistance in Europe was still on the rise.
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Stop TB Partnership
Published: Dec. 13, 2013, 4:05 p.m.·
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12 December 2013 - Cape Town - Representatives of communities affected by tuberculosis (TB) made their presence felt at the 2103 International Conference on AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Africa (ICASA) this week, impressing upon conference delegates the need to ensure that all TB and HIV programmes are fully integrated.
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Tulip Mazumdar
Published: Dec. 13, 2013, 3:53 p.m.·
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Increasing resistance to tuberculosis drugs around the world is a "ticking time bomb", says the World Health Organization (WHO).
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Press Infomation Bureau, Government of India
Published: Dec. 13, 2013, 3:39 p.m.·
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Official statistics about the detection of TB cases in India in 2012.
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Community Research Advisors Group (CRAG),
Treatment Action Group
Published: Dec. 13, 2013, 12:47 p.m.·
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Sanofi U.S. has committed to lowering the price of rifapentine (Priftin) to $32 per 32-tablet blister pack in January 2014.
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Jeremiah McNichols
Published: Dec. 13, 2013, 12:21 p.m.·
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For the past six years, Dr. Jeffery Cirillo and his team of researchers at the Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine have been chasing a dream: To shorten the diagnosis timeline for tuberculosis (TB), one of the world’s deadliest diseases, from several weeks down to just a few hours. Now they are close to the finish line in the form of a new, rapid TB test that will enable healthcare providers to report results to potentially infected individuals while they wait.
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R. Prasad
Published: Dec. 13, 2013, 12:11 p.m.·
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If diagnosing tuberculosis in children, particularly those aged under five years, is fraught with problems, health-care workers at different levels who are unaware of the latest advancements in childhood TB diagnosis and treatment make it even worse.
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R. Prasad
Published: Dec. 13, 2013, 11:51 a.m.·
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Childhood TB has been neglected for decades, but in the past few years the WHO has begun to realise its real impact in terms of incidence, prevalence and mortality.
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R. Prasad
Published: Dec. 13, 2013, 11:33 a.m.·
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Dr. Mel Spigelman, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Global Alliance for TB Drug Development (TB Alliance) is regarded as one of the world’s leading experts in tuberculosis and TB drug development.
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Stop TB Partnership
Published: Dec. 11, 2013, 11:15 a.m.·
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The Stop TB Partnership has announced a call for proposals for the sixth round of Challenge Facility for Civil Society (CFCS) grants.
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