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Global Walk Against Diabetes
Today is World Diabetes Day and also Children's Day in India. We are also in the middle of an international conference on Lung Health in Berlin (41st Union World Conference on Lung Health, Berlin, Germany (11-15 November 2010).
UNION Reports 344 Million People At-Risk of Type II Diabetes
'Many of these diseases are linked, such as diabetes and tuberculosis, so when you have a rapidly increasing burden of diabetes, you will also see an impact on TB control.
TB Afflicts Swaziland
Swaziland has the highest per capita TB burden in the world, and HIV incidence is 26% which is no less alarming. Not surprisingly TB-HIV co-infection rate amongst TB patients in Swaziland is 80%.
TB Patients Act as Agents for Change
This approach enables us to reach those patients who many of times have not been able to come to the health care facilities despite presenting the signs and symptoms related to TB,
Bring Tuberculosis Out Of The Dark Into Light….
...So said Gerry Elsdon, the very svelte TV broadcaster from South Africa, during the 10th anniversary celebrations of the Global Alliance for TB Drug Development, during the 41st Union World Conference on Lung Health, Berlin, Germany.
