Articles
Berlin 2010: TB Alliance Launches First Clinical Trial of a Novel TB Drug Regimen
From www.citizen-news.org
TB Alliance celebrated its 10th anniversary bash by announcing the launch of the first clinical trial to test a novel tuberculosis regimen, which shows a promise to treat both drug-sensitive (DS-TB) and multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) with a single three-drug combination, reducing treatment duration of MDR-TB from 2 years to less than six months. go
Regional market for TB drugs fuels spread of the disease in Northern Kenya
Regional demand for TB drugs along the Kenya-Somalia border continues to undermine the war on the disease in Northern Kenya. more
TB stigma fuels gender violence
Cultural biases, stigma and ostracisation of TB patients in Northern Kenya have contributed to cases of gender violence against women diagnosed with the disease. more
Berlin 2010: Molecular testing set to revolutionise TB diagnosis
A new molecular TB test, Xpert® MTB/RIF, is set to revolutionise the detection of tuberculosis and multi-drug resistance TB in low and middle income countries, according to Dr Mark Perkins, Chief Scientific Officer of Foundation for Innovative new diagnostics. more
A hammer fist to tame rape in Kenya’s Korogocho slum
Korogocho slum, one of the biggest in Kenya is a doyen for rape criminals who have for years eluded even the local police. But the I am Worth Defending (IWD) organization is training women on self defense skills to fend off the assailants. more
Berlin 2010: World Lung Foundation hails progress in global fight against TB
World Lung Foundation Thursday welcomed the “WHO Global TB Control Report 2010,†which reported that tuberculosis cases continued to decline globally. In addition, it called on individual countries to do more to close current gaps in diagnosis and expand national treatment programs to save even more lives and stop the spread of drug-resistant strains. more
Berlin 2010: 4m deaths each year caused by acute respiratory infections
As lung health and TB experts meet in Berlin, Germany, for the 41st Union conference, acute respiratory infections - a disease group that includes pneumonia, influenza, and respiratory syncytial virus - have been cited by the first-ever Acute Respiratory Infections Atlas as being responsible for 4.25 million deaths every year. more
Berlin 2010: Poverty drives escalating TB pandemic in Sub Saharan Africa
High poverty levels are driving the re-emerging Tuberculosis pandemic in Africa, which has the highest global burden of TB outside of Asia, the 41st Union World Lung Conference meeting in Berlin, Germany, was told yesterday. more