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	<title>TB R&#38;D Matters Blog &#187; TB Prevention and Control Strategies</title>
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	<description>Working Towards a Faster Cure for Tuberculosis</description>
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		<title>TB R&amp;D Weekly Update:  Results from Preventative Therapy Trial in SA Miners</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 16:54:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the 19th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in Seattle, results on the Thibela TB preventative therapy trial in South Africa gold miners  was presented with mixed outcomes.  Additional links to TB R&#038;D news are included.]]></description>
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		<title>Kick TB Campaign:  Scoring Big in South Africa and Beyond</title>
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		<comments>http://www.newtbdrugs.org/blog/kick-tb-campaign-scoring-big-in-south-africa-and-beyond/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:22:32 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Faces of TB]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Kick TB Campaign is a unique project that uses the World's most popular sport to educate and engage young people in the effort to stop the spread of tuberculosis (TB).  ]]></description>
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		<title>TB R&amp;D Weekly Update:  Totally Drug-Resistant TB</title>
		<link>http://www.newtbdrugs.org/blog/tb-rd-weekly-update-totally-drug-resistant-tb/</link>
		<comments>http://www.newtbdrugs.org/blog/tb-rd-weekly-update-totally-drug-resistant-tb/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 21:09:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Working Group</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[TB News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past couple of weeks there have been much discussion and reporting on totally drug-resistant tuberculosis (TDR-TB) based on reports of new cases in India.  Here are links to coverage of TDR-TB in India,  excerpt from a response by Dr. Nardell who we interviewed last year, and link to the WHO Fact Sheet on TDR-TB.  Additional links to TB R&#038;D News are included.]]></description>
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		<title>WHO Alarmed by Rising Rates of Drug-Resistant TB in Europe</title>
		<link>http://www.newtbdrugs.org/blog/who-alarmed-by-rising-rates-of-drug-resistant-tb-in-europe/</link>
		<comments>http://www.newtbdrugs.org/blog/who-alarmed-by-rising-rates-of-drug-resistant-tb-in-europe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 15:44:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Working Group</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Action]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Announcements]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, BBC News published an article on the WHO Plan entitled "Consolidated action plan to prevent and combat multidrug- and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in the WHO European Region 2011–2015."   The plan outlines the problem as well as a solution that could save 120,000 lives if successful.  ]]></description>
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		<title>New TB Materials and Tools Available!</title>
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		<comments>http://www.newtbdrugs.org/blog/new-tb-materials-and-tools-available/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 17:34:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Working Group</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the last week,  some announcements have been released concerning new tools, publications and meeting materials that may be of value to the TB community including materials from the WGND sponsored "Essentiality of Pyrazinamide" Workshop, an interactive map of clinical trials from PACTR,  and a new Collaborative Framework for Care and Control of Tuberculosis and Diabetes from the WHO and The Union.]]></description>
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		<title>Updated WHO guidelines on Drug-Resistant TB</title>
		<link>http://www.newtbdrugs.org/blog/updated-who-guidelines-on-drug-resistant-tb/</link>
		<comments>http://www.newtbdrugs.org/blog/updated-who-guidelines-on-drug-resistant-tb/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 21:08:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Working Group</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Regulations and Guidelines]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The WHO issued updated guidelines on the programmatic management of drug-resistant TB on August 4, 2011 online in the European Respiratory Journal.]]></description>
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		<title>Report:  An Evaluation of DR-TB Treatment Scale-up</title>
		<link>http://www.newtbdrugs.org/blog/report-an-evaluation-of-dr-tb-treatment-scale-up/</link>
		<comments>http://www.newtbdrugs.org/blog/report-an-evaluation-of-dr-tb-treatment-scale-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 19:14:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Working Group</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Announcements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TB Prevention and Control Strategies]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[evaluation]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.newtbdrugs.org/blog/?p=2943</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[MSF, PIH, and TAG release a report on MDR-TB scale up that shows poor progress that is leading to spread of MDR-TB and the continued loss of lives.]]></description>
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		<title>TB R&amp;D Weekly Update: Latent TB Treatment in HIV and Children</title>
		<link>http://www.newtbdrugs.org/blog/tb-rd-weekly-update-latent-tb-treatment-in-hiv-and-children/</link>
		<comments>http://www.newtbdrugs.org/blog/tb-rd-weekly-update-latent-tb-treatment-in-hiv-and-children/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 09:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Working Group</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[TB News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TB Pediatrics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TB Prevention and Control Strategies]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the July 7 issue of the New England Journal, two articles and an editorial on latent TB and TB prevention are published.  One study discusses positive results on a treatment for latent TB in HIV-infected persons.  The other study discusses negative findings that isoniazid is not effective in latent treatment of tuberculosis in children regardless of HIV status.  A link to MedPage Today is included that provides a good overview of these studies and the editorial. Additional TB R&#038;D News Links also are included.]]></description>
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		<title>Video: Jenniffer Dietrich, Challenge Facility for Civil Society</title>
		<link>http://www.newtbdrugs.org/blog/video-jenniffer-dietrich-challenge-facility-for-civil-society/</link>
		<comments>http://www.newtbdrugs.org/blog/video-jenniffer-dietrich-challenge-facility-for-civil-society/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 13:22:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Working Group</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[TB Patient Perspective]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TB Prevention and Control Strategies]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Voices from the Fight to Stop Tuberculosis]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jenniffer Dietrich is Technical Officer at the Challenge Facility for Civil Society of the Stop TB Partnership. ]]></description>
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		<title>Video: Global Fund in the Dominican Republic</title>
		<link>http://www.newtbdrugs.org/blog/video-global-fund-in-the-dominican-republic/</link>
		<comments>http://www.newtbdrugs.org/blog/video-global-fund-in-the-dominican-republic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 12:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Working Group</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[TB Patient Perspective]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This video documents what the Global Fund has done and can do more of to save lives and prevent infections by engaging affected communities.]]></description>
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