TB Archives - Page 2 of 3

WHO Unveils Plan to End Childhood TB Deaths

It won't cost much to save 74,000 kids lives.

The Terrifying Spread of Resistant Tuberculosis

The struggle to contain TB in India, before it mutates to the harder to treat resistant kind

Fighting TB in Africa’s Mines

A special guest post by Musa Mkoko, who is a former gold miner in South Africa.

A Great Day in the Fight Against Tuberculosis

The US Food and Drug Administration has now given fast track approval for a new treatment for MDR-TB.

Desmond Tutu: To Fight TB Worldwide, Start in South Africa’s Mines

Desmond Tutu has an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal today highlighting the problem ofTB among South African mine workers. He makes the convincing argument that strengthening the focus on TB control in South Africa's mining sector is key to controlling it worldwide.

World Tuberculosis Report 2012 – Some Progress, Not Enough

We’re making progress against Tuberculosis, but not enough. We’re doing a good job of reducing the global burden of TB. Our failure is with drug resistance. Multiple drug resistant TB (MDR TB) continues to rise, and we’re barely treating 20% of the people who have it.

WHO Unveils Plan to End Childhood TB Deaths

The Terrifying Spread of Resistant Tuberculosis

Fighting TB in Africa’s Mines

A Great Day in the Fight Against Tuberculosis

Desmond Tutu: To Fight TB Worldwide, Start in South Africa’s Mines

World Tuberculosis Report 2012 – Some Progress, Not Enough

A Big Victory Against Tuberculosis

Does Don Draper Have Tuberculosis?

On World Tuberculosis Day: How the Global Fund Fights TB in Rural Bangladesh

UNAIDS and the Millennium Villages

Embedded With Afghan Civil Society – Part 5 – Bathing in Yakawlang

Embedded With Afghan Civil Society – Part 6 – The Legacy of War Crimes

The Obama Agenda at the United Nations