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Ahead of WHO meeting, experts clash over tuberculosis targets

One possible target, says Raviglione, would be to cut the projected 2015 annual deaths in half by 2025. But some of his contemporaries say that the 50% target will not inspire sufficient action and enthusiasm.

Published
07 February 2013
From
Nature
TB vaccine
Results of TB vaccine trial give cause for optimism, say researchers

Results of a trial have been praised for “providing hard evidence about protection against tuberculosis in human beings”. The MVA85A vaccine did not confer any additional protection against

Published
04 February 2013
By
Michael Carter
TB vaccine
Data from Historic Phase IIb Clinical Trial for Tuberculosis Vaccine Candidate MVA85A Published in The Lancet

Vaccine candidate did not provide statistically-significant protection in preventing TB disease in infants previously vaccinated with BCG.

Published
04 February 2013
From
Aeras
TB vaccine
TB Vaccine Safe but Does Not Confer Protection, Calls for Redoubling Efforts on Global TB Vaccine Portfolio

The clinical trial of the TB vaccine candidate MVA85A was a Phase IIb safety and efficacy trial in 2,797 infants living in the Western Cape province of South Africa. The candidate was safe and well tolerated in the population tested.

Published
04 February 2013
From
Aeras
Tuberculosis and HIV
Managing tuberculosis in people who use and inject illicit drugs

The prevention, diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis among people who use illicit drugs have been neglected and require immediate attention. Open dialogue on policy in this area should be encouraged, and a coordinated programme response from stakeholders working in prisons and in harm reduction, HIV infection, hepatitis and tuberculosis services should be sought.

Published
04 February 2013
From
Bulletin of the World Health Organization
TB vaccine
Revived search for a TB vaccine may be about to pay off

After nearly 100 years, researchers could be on the verge of finding a vaccine that would eradicate tuberculosis infections, a scourge that kills 1.4 million people a year.

Published
04 February 2013
From
Reuters
Global health initiatives
New toolkit helps countries strengthen HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria response

The toolkit provides guidance on how to implement Global Fund grants --- achieving the results while at the same time managing the risks --- by training local staff and building the systems necessary to adequately respond to HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria.

Published
04 February 2013
From
UNDP
Treatment guidelines
Uganda: Health Ministry Sets New Treatment Guidelines

The health ministry has released new national clinical guidelines for the management of common conditions. It also released new essential medicines and health supplies list for HIV/AIDS, malaria, TB, pneumonia and diarrhoea in children.

Published
01 February 2013
From
AllAfrica
Drug-resistant TB
Cochrane review gives thumbs up to GeneXpert test for detection of MDR-TB

This systematic review published in The Cochrane Library provides timely advice to clinicians and policymakers in countries where TB is a major public health problem.

Published
01 February 2013
From
Citizen News Service
Drug-resistant TB
French authorities fear drug-resistant tuberculosis from Eastern Europe

For several months, French hospitals have been receiving increasing numbers of patients from Eastern Europe with a multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR TB).

Published
30 January 2013
From
Euronews
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