Обратный отсчет: достижение целей развития тысячелетия в области борьбы с ВИЧ...
Некоторые бывшие республики Советского Союза, включая страны СНГ, сталкиваются с серьезными трудностями на пути к цели развития тысячелетия в области борьбы с ВИЧ/туберкулезом (ЦРТ-6), которая должна...
View ArticleThe clock is ticking: attaining the HIV/TB MDG targets in the former Soviet...
Some countries of the former Soviet Union, the so-called CIS countries, are facing difficult challenges to achieve the HIV/tuberculosis-related Millennium Development Goal (MDG 6) by 2015. The...
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Putting Humpty Dumpty back together again
2012 is off to a sobering start for those of us in the global health community, against a backdrop of continuing global financial volatility coupled with complex reforms at the Global Fund to Fight...
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Southern Africa's TB challenge migrates with miners
Also available in: Français, Español, 中文A while ago, I was part of a mission to visit a new hospital in Lesotho. Warned in advance that this facility was intended to treat people with multi-drug...
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南非的结核病问题随矿工迁移
不久前，我随代表团参观了莱索托的一家新建医院。有人事先提醒说，该医院专门治疗多重抗药性结核病患者，同时我也知道莱索托因艾滋病和结核病合并感染而面临沉重负担，因此我预想结核病患者的构成应该与艾滋病感染者的构成相吻合，即基本为年轻人，而且女性感染者不断增加。令我毫无准备的是我目睹了两个家庭——无论是老少、男女，还是儿童——整个被集中在一处，由医务人员对其每人服药过程进行监督。今后一段时间内，他们都会呆在这里。
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El desafío de la TB de África meridional emigra con los minero
Hace un tiempo, formé parte de una misión que debía visitar un nuevo hospital en Lesotho. Me advirtieron de antemano que el propósito de estas instalaciones era atender a las personas que sufren de...
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En Afrique australe, la tuberculose migre avec les mineurs
Il y a quelque temps, je suis parti en mission visiter un nouvel hôpital au Lesotho. Je savais que cet établissement était destiné à accueillir des patients atteints de tuberculose multi-résistante et...
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Circumcision and smoking bans: Can policies nudge people toward healthy...
The scaling up of voluntary medical male circumcision, particularly in high HIV prevalence settings, is a highly cost-effective intervention to fight the epidemic—randomized controlled trials have...
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Laboratory accreditation: Critical to quality care
The quest for an accurate, timely and affordable medical diagnosis remains elusive in many developing countries. In East Africa, laboratories are often poorly staffed; ill-equipped; and lack quality...
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Unite to End TB
image courtesy: TB Alliance On March 24th the global community marks World TB day to commemorate the day in 1882 when Dr. Robert Koch discovered the cause of tuberculosis. At the time, the...
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For tuberculosis, it’s time to do business unusual
Video still of a mine in southern Africa by Clifford Derrick
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Bold Leadership, Policy, More Financing, and Out-of-the-Box Interventions...
Also available in: Español | Français | العربية Mobile application for e-health and a community volunteer demonstrating the use of the electronic system At the recent Delhi End TB Summit, Sudeshwar...
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Tuberculosis: new hope for an ancient disease
Photo: Miriam Schneidman / World Bank The global community is coming together to tackle an ancient disease that still inflicts interminable human suffering. Globally, one person dies of TB every 20...
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In Papua New Guinea, a modern fight against an old disease: tuberculosis
The World Bank has joined the fight to kick TB out of Papua New Guinea. (World Bank / Tom Perry) My last surviving grandparent, my Nanna, passed away peacefully late last year. And the end of a loved...
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