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...
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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...