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High Mortality Rate is Dominant Among HIV Patients With TB in India
60% of people living with HIV in India are dying due to preventable and curable TB. Though we have 12,500 microscopy centers available across India, deaths occur mainly due to late diagnosis, owing to technology limitations.
Tuberculosis Kills 1.8 Million People Worldwide in 2010
The year 2010 came to an end, but the need to attend to lung health has certainly become more pressing as we enter in the year 2011.
NAAT Revolutionizes TB Care and Control By Providing Accurate Diagnosis
According to the WHO, evidence to date indicates that implementation of this test could result in a three-fold increase in the diagnosis of patients with drug-resistant TB and a doubling in the number of HIV-associated TB cases diagnosed in areas wi
TB Photovoice Touches Lives Through Photographs that Give Voice to TB
The TB Photovoice (TBPV) Project was awarded the TB Survival Prize 2010... TBPV provides cameras to community members (survivors, caregivers, friends, family) affected by TB, who take photographs that help them identify and improve their communities
Thai Hospitals are Running Out of Antiretroviral Drugs for Patients With HIV
'We have been unable to secure a sustainable source of ARVs for our patients,' explains a staff of the Mae Tao Clinic, a clinic providing health care services to migrants and displaced people near the Thai-Burma border. 'If they stop taking their
