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Stop TB Partnership This is the April 2011 edition of Stop TB News, which is distributed by email by the Stop TB Partnership . TOP LINE NEWS African health ministers take Washington by storm The health ministers of Lesotho, South Africa and Swaziland joined the Stop TB Partnership in Washington DC...

If you are having trouble viewing, click here . CORE Group Online Presentation about New TB Diagnostic Technology, Xpert®MTB/RI How does it work? Where can it be used? How might it make a difference in the global effort to stop TB? Hosted online by the CORE Group Tuberculosis Working Group on March...

Today was the opening of the 2-day Stop TB Partnership’s Coordinating Board (CB) meeting in Washington, D.C. which included welcoming remarks by Dr. Rajiv Shah (Administrator, USAID), Ms. Lois Quam (Executive Director, GHI), and Dr. Howard Koh (Assistant Secretary, U.S. Depart. of HHS). Having the...

Today on World TB Day, the International Scientific Exchange Foundation of China (ISEFC) , announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with the Global Alliance for TB Drug Development (TB Alliance) to establish the Global Health R&D Center of China (GHRC). This innovative center will...

From Guardian (UK) (March 3, 2011) AstraZeneca has joined a consortium to fight tuberculosis around the world with French rival Sanofi-aventis, the University of Cambridge and other research organisations. The More Medicines for Tuberculosis (MM4TB) consortium intends to develop new drugs for...

2010 G-Finder Report The third annual G-Finder report, Neglected Disease Research and Development, was released on February 16, 2011. The report, compiled by the Policy Cures staff using information self-reported by granting and recipient institutions, provides the latest information on the funding...

The Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública / Pan American Journal of Public Health , published by the Pan American Health Organization , announces an open call for original papers, brief communications, and reviews for its next special issue, which will cover topics related to antimicrobial...

Dr. Rajiv Shah, Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), addressed the importance of investing in innovation and harnessing the power of new global health technologies to achieve widespread impact on those suffering from disease in the most impoverished...

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is now accepting letters of inquiry for the new grant program Biomarkers for the Diagnosis of Tuberculosis. This grant program is part of the Grand Challenges in Global Health initiative. With up to $12 million of funding, the program seeks to validate...

Gupta A, Bhosale R, Kinikar A, Gupte N, Bharadwaj R, Kagal A, Joshi S, Khandekar M, Karmarkar A, Kulkarni V, Sastry J, Mave V, Suryavanshi N, Thakar M, Kulkarni S, Tripathy S, Sambarey P, Patil S, Paranjape R, Bollinger RC, Jamkar A; Six Week Extended-Dose Nevirapine (SWEN) India Study Team...

Aagaard C, Hoang T, Dietrich J, Cardona PJ, Izzo A, Dolganov G, Schoolnik GK, Cassidy JP, Billeskov R, Andersen P. A multistage tuberculosis vaccine that confers efficient protection before and after exposure. Nat Med. 2011 Jan 23. [Epub ahead of print] Claus Aagaard, et al., presented a series of...

Dr Lucica Ditiu, Executive Secretary of the Stop TB Partnership Dr Lucica Ditiu has been appointed Executive Secretary of the Stop TB Partnership. A native of Romania, Dr Ditiu is a physician and researcher who has devoted her career to improving the lives of people living in communities heavily...

Several news agencies reported on an article that appeared in the Canadian Medical Association Journal showing an increase risk of serious side-effects for patients over 65 years old being treated for latent tuberculosis. Compared to untreated patients matched by age, patients 65 years old being...

New Evidence Showing Patients with TB Have an Increased Risk of Lung Cancer Yu, et al, in China conducted a population-based cohort study to better understand the relationship between tuberculosis (TB) and lung cancer. Analysis of patient care data from the National Health Insurance (NHI) program...

BioVision and the Lilly MDR ‐ TB Partnership create an award for young scientists, in conjunction with TWAS, the academy of sciences for the developing world The BioVision Lilly Award, in conjunction with TWAS, the academy of sciences for the developing world, will honour outstanding scientific...