News about 'tb/hiv'

8 Jul 2010
This post originally appeared on Voices of America news.com http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/health/Dual-Infections-Of-TB-And-AIDS-Make-Each-Harder-To-Treat-97817769.html TB patient in Lesotho Tuberculosis infects nearly ten million people each year and kills nearly two million. It is primarily...
20 May 2010
Global Health Council On May 20, the Center hosted a briefing with leading scientists and advocates on combating the dual epidemics of HIV and TB: Changing Course: Stemming the Deadly Twin Epidemics of HIV and Tuberculosis . A complete wrap-up of the event can be found at this online press room ...
19 Apr 2010
This article originally appeared in Clinical Infectious Diseases 2010;50:S260–S266 © 2010 by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. All rights reserved. 1058-4838/2010/5010S3-0026$15.00 DOI: 10.1086/651500 Mark Harrington is Executive Director of Treatment Action Group Tuberculosis (TB) and...
1 Mar 2010
This week we highlight two recent papers in TB R&D – TB and HIV treatment and PA-824. Tuberculosis is the leading cause of the death in HIV positive individuals in the developing world. Major challenges exist in treating both diseases simultaneously as drug-drug interactions are common between...
22 Feb 2010
A few recent reports track the progress being made by the Stop TB Partnership and TB research funding trends from 2005-2008. As global TB efforts increase in the areas of research, drug, vaccine and diagnostics development, greater emphasis has been placed upon funding. Particularly in light of the...
11 Feb 2010
photo: David Rochkind On my third day in Mumbai I met Rehmat Shekh, a 28 year old woman who is HIV postive and battling TB for the first time in her life. When I walked into her home, a small 8×10 foot room that she shares with 3 family members, she was on the floor, her gaunt frame covered by a...

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