Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) published a press release on World TB Day 2021 announcing their clinical trial, TB-Practecal , investigating novel treatment for MDR-TB has stopped enrolling earlier than originally planned due to promising results. The trial's independent data safety and monitoring...
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15 Apr 2013
MSF Scientific Day 2013 will be streamed live online from the Royal Society of Medicine, London, UK, from 09.00am – 06.00pm (GMT+1) on 10 th May 2013 http://www.msf.org.uk/Scientific_Day.aspx MSF Scientific Day is a unique opportunity to showcase medical and scientific research carried out in MSF...
12 Dec 2012
Multidrug-Resistance Tuberculosis: No Promises from MSF Access Campaign on Vimeo . Patients with tuberculosis must undergo lengthy, arduous treatment regimens in the best of times. When stricken with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, or MDR-TB, however, the road back to health is even more...
13 Jul 2011
Click here for full report A report entitled “An Evaluation of Drug-resistant TB Treatment Scale-up” was issued by the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Partners in Health (PIH), and Treatment Action Group (TAG) on 7 July, 2011 and looks at the factors contributing to the slow progress of efforts to...
22 Mar 2011
The Médecins Sans Frontières and The Union will release on World TB Day a new report entitled “DR-TB drugs under the microscope” outlining drugs currently available to treat drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) including product information, sources of the drug, quality status, and price. The...
11 Oct 2010
This podcast was produced by MSF and originates on their website here . Mathare Slum Kids In Mathare, a poor area on the outskirts of Nairobi, MSF treats children with TB, but just diagnosing them is extremely challenging. Results of the lack of research into TB means the main diagnostic tool for...