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Tuberculosis kills over one and a half million people each year, while governments struggle with inadequate infrastructure and the increasing threat of drug-resistant strains and co-infection with HIV/AIDS.
(Photo credit: Gary Hampton/The Global Fund)
Opinions and Analysis
We can learn from XDR-TB treatment in Lima
A Peruvian clinic's treatment of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis is an example to the developing world, says Mario C. Raviglione.
11 August 2008
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Source: New England Journal of Medicine
Drug-resistant TB needs massive research increase
Multidrug-resistant TB needs more research to equip healthcare workers with the right tools, write Frank G. J. Cobelens and colleagues.
Doubts about WHO tuberculosis programme
11 February 2008
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Source: British Medical Journal
Policy Briefs
Controlling TB requires public awareness
An assessment of national tuberculosis policies in select countries emphasises the need for more public engagement.
27 June 2007
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Source: Open Society Institute
Addressing health policy in Myanmar
The challenge of setting policy priorities for infectious diseases in Myanmar's current political climate.
27 June 2007
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Source: PLoS Medicine
News and Features
Scientists discover 'crucial TB gene'
Singaporean scientists have identified a gene associated with vulnerability to TB, and find males are more susceptible than females.
Vaccine 'slashes TB infection' in HIV patients
Researchers report that a potential tuberculosis vaccine has been shown to reduce rates of the disease in patients with HIV/AIDS.
Information Services
Foodborne diseases: counting the bodies
A WHO initiative aims to quantify the global burden of foodborne disease, says Arie Havelaar
Rapid diagnostic tests: The way forward?
Rapid diagnostic tests may present a quick and easy-to-use solution for improved malaria diagnosis
