Items tagged with Global TB response
IJTLD March 2017 issue now online (post)
The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (IJTLD) is the official publication of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union).
The new face of an old disease: TB over 3 decades (post)
In 1986, the CDC reported that tuberculosis cases increased in the United States for the first time since national reporting had begun in 1953: 22,725 cases compared with a record low of 22,201 cases the year before.
Aidspan publishes new issue of ‘Global Fund Observer’ (post)
Aidspan: Global Fund Observer
How cures can fail: Lessons for HIV/AIDS from tuberculosis and malaria (post)
NEW YORK, Feb. 13, 2017 --- Despite the availability of powerful tools today to prevent, treat, and cure tuberculosis (TB) and malaria, why do these diseases continue to claim millions of lives? A new report released by amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research, titled “How Cures Can Fail,” explores the factors that have stymied worldwide efforts to eradicate TB and malaria – which have been around for thousands for years – and outlines the lessons that can be applied to the global response to HIV/AIDS.
Kaiser Family Foundation releases updated fact sheet on U.S. government, global TB efforts (post)
Kaiser Family Foundation: The U.S. Government and Global Tuberculosis Efforts
Global TB community reaction to exclusion of TB from WHO list of bacteria in need of new antibiotics (post)
On 27 February 2017, the World Health Organization (WHO) released a Global priority list of antibiotic-resistant bacteria to guide research, discovery, and development of new antibiotics.
WHO stresses urgent need for R&D for drug-resistant TB alongside newly-prioritized antibiotic-resistant pathogens (post)
28 February 2017 | GENEVA - WHO reaffirms the critical need for research and development (R&D) of new antibiotics to tackle the threat of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB).
Aidspan publishes new issue of ‘Global Fund Observer’ (post)
Aidspan: Global Fund Observer
African policymakers renew call for investments in TB control (post)
NAIROBI, Feb. 28 -- Countries in sub-Saharan Africa should prioritize new investments in diagnostic equipments, case management and public awareness to reduce the burden of tuberculosis (TB), policymakers said Tuesday.
Why Europe should lead on fight against disease (post)
The fight against diseases of poverty — HIV and AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and other neglected diseases — may seem an unlikely battleground in our new era of foreign policy. But this is where the effects of the United States’ emerging isolationism will be most obvious. If Europe fails to fill the power vacuum, we will be abandoning millions of people in the world’s poorest countries.
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