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12 TB Vaccine Candidates Answer The Global Demands for New TB Vaccines
Louder voices and more demand for new tools against tuberculosis (TB) from people and communities are needed to push the fight against the airborne disease, participants of the 41st Union World Conference on Lung Health in Berlin,
TB Attacks Prominently The Marginalized and Poorest Communities
One of the most adversely affected communities is at times least likely to seek care - as demanding care might have a price.
Pharmacists Play a Significant Role in TB Control Schemes in Cambodia
The private pharmacists are real partners in TB control helping increase new TB case detection and treatment in Cambodia. Senior TB advocate Hara Mihalea from PATH presented the best practice example of Cambodia at the 41st Union World Conference on
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%.
