FIND and BD Combine International Efforts to Improve Rapid Tuberculosis...
FIND (Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics) and BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) announced an international collaboration aimed at improving diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) in...
View ArticleAfrica is worst hit by dual epidemic
Clare Nullis-Kapp The realization that it will be impossible to curb the spread of HIV/AIDS without tackling tuberculosis (TB) and vice versa has led to an upsurge in joint research, surveillance and...
View ArticleTB cases and deaths linked to HIV at alarming levels in Africa
WHO Rising rates contrast sharply with accelerated progress in other regions 20040717 read more
View ArticleNew tuberculosis therapy offers potential shorter treatment
World Health Organisation (WHO) Phase III Trials Planned in Africa Clinical results on a new combination treatment that could dramatically shorten the length of tuberculosis (TB) treatment were...
View ArticleDrug-resistant TB now in all provinces
Mail and Guardian Extreme drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) has been found across South Africa, the Medical Research Council (MRC) said on Tuesday. 20041460 read more
View ArticleXDR-TB is 'an absolute emergency'
Mail & Guardian Online South Africa is struggling to contain an outbreak of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) is sending a permanent staff...
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