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Tuberculosis threatens one-third of the world’s population. The World Health Organization declared tuberculosis a global health emergency in 1993. The magnitude of the problem changed dramatically during the 1990s due to deteriorating control in some parts of the world (notably eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union), the spread of HIV, and population growth. Without a coordinated control effort, tuberculosis will infect an estimated 1 billion more people by 2020, killing 70 million.
Review Articles
2 Jun 2010
Do the poor benefit from infectious disease programmes?
When interventions are planned, insufficient thought is given as to whether the poorest and most vulnerable members of society will benefit, according to the findings of a new review of the evidence. The reviewers call for more research to assess which infectious disease programmes benefit the poor and to identify the mechanisms that determine “pro-poor effectiveness”.
Source: TropIKA.net Journal
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5 Feb 2010
Mobile phones for health: high hopes but research lacking
There is a lot of hype surrounding “mHealth” – the use of mobile phones in health care – but where’s the evidence that it works?
Source: TropIKA.net
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News
13 Jul 2010
Potential TB drugs to be investigated against neglected diseases
Two not-for-profit drug developers have established a partnership that will seek to find treatments for a wide variety of neglected infections, based on a series of compounds from the nitroimidazole class.
Source: Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi); Global Alliance for TB Drug Development
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7 Jun 2010
Tuberculosis vaccine research: progress is being made
A symposium in Spain hears that new vaccine candidates are currently at various stages of development, but more research is needed.
Source: TropIKA.net
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Editorial Opinions
26 Mar 2010
Facing up to failure on World TB Day
New initiatives may bring an end to the shameful lack of progress against TB.
Source: TropIKA.net
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15 Jan 2010
Disease control in Haiti after the earthquake
The burden of infectious disease in Haiti is already the worst in the Americas region. Will this new disaster disrupt long-term efforts to bring these diseases under control?
Source: TropIKA.net
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Research Articles
16 Jul 2010
Tuberculosis is even more common in South Africa than previously believed
And a higher proportion of cases involve resistant strains of M. tuberculosis.
Source: PLoS Medicine
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17 Jun 2010
Tuberculosis in Africa: expansion of the mining industry increases the level of risk
Mining increases the incidence of TB, not only amongst miners themselves, but in the population at large.
Source: American Journal of Public Health
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Reports
7 Jul 2010
Millennium Development Goals Report 2010
While efforts to control infectious diseases have made progress, much more needs to be done. A “refocus” on pneumonia and diarrhoea is urgently required.
Source: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
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29 Jun 2010
Drug resistance: a call to action
A report from the Center for Global Development highlights the urgent action that is needed to confront resistant strains of the organisms that cause the infectious diseases of poverty.
Source: Center for Global Development
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