Stringency urged in requiring follow-up studies to ensure safety

Grant to reshape market forces, catalyze development to improve treatment of childhood TB.

Pilot TB-HIV programmes have demonstrated that integrated care provided through primary health care facilities, using paramedical staff, is feasible and effective.

A joint Union/MSF publication providing transparent information on prices and quality-assured sources for DR-TB medicines, as well as a summary of the challenges still limiting their access to a broader number of patients.

UCT's Assoc Prof Mark Hatherill is leading a study that will test the safety and immunogenicity of a new TB vaccine, MVA85A, on newborns of HIV-positive mothers.

A clinical trial will examine an investigational drug’s (AZD5847) early bacteria-killing activity in patients newly diagnosed with drug-sensitive pulmonary tuberculosis, including individuals who are also infected with HIV but not yet taking antiretroviral treatmen.

The Constitutional Court gave judgment in the matter between Dudley Lee and the Minister of Correctional Services on 11 December 2012. The court ruled in favour of Lee. Thus, yesterday almost marked the end of Mr Lee’s seven-year journey through three courts; the Cape High Court will still have to determine the amount the state must pay him.

The Operational Strategy outlines the Partnership Secretariat's four strategic priorities over the next three years.

Countries receiving the rapid tests are: Côte d'Ivoire, DRC, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Burma.