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23 Mar 2009

TB control: “a smart investment, at a time when many investments seem insecure”

World TB Day 2009 takes place at a time of economic decline. How should the TB community respond?
Source: Stop TB Partnership; Reuters; Associated Press; Voice of America; Bloomberg; WHO
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19 Mar 2009

Merger of two NGOs will enable expansion of action against infectious diseases of poverty

The International Trachoma Initiative and the Task Force for Child Survival and Development have announced they will merge.
Source: International Trachoma Initiative (Press release)
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19 Mar 2009

Pharma giant hands over potential new antimalarial to not-for-profit group

Merck grants rights to a candidate drug to the Medicines for Malaria Venture.
Source: Merck & Co
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19 Mar 2009

Uganda and Global Fund dispute reasons for shortage of TB drugs

Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria says performance issues must be addressed.
Source: Daily Monitor
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18 Mar 2009

Global economic crisis: Kofi Annan says the poor may be the biggest losers

The former UN Secretary General calls for a coordinated ‘global stimulus’ plan to protect those most at risk.
Source: Guardian
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18 Mar 2009

Controversy over Indian state’s leprosy elimination claim

Maharashtra says it has eliminated the disease as a public health problem but a new survey suggests it is much more common than official figures indicate.
Source: Express Healthcare
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16 Mar 2009

US makes new donation to Global Fund

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria will receive $900 million from the US government this year.
Source: The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
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16 Mar 2009

Tuberculosis shown to increase lung cancer risk in China

A large retrospective cohort study in a rural area finds that people with TB run a much higher risk of developing lung cancer.
Source: International Journal of Cancer
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16 Mar 2009

Visceral leishmaniasis ‘re-emergence’ in Kenya

A workshop in Kenya’s remote northeast hears that kala-azar (visceral leishmaniasis) has become more common in the area over the past decade.
Source: Africa Science News
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13 Mar 2009

Dengue in Asia may be more common than shown in official figures

Dengue fever is now afflicting countries where it was not previously a problem. Climate change is blamed.
Source: Reuters
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