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Simple measures could radically reduce TB |
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November 14, 2007 |
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Cape Town - Better healthcare measures could curb the tide of tuberculosis (TB) and other lung diseases, even with existing drugs and technology. This was the final message from the 38th World Conference on Lung Health, in Cape Town.
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Conference throws spotlight on growing TB threat |
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November 09, 2007 |
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Cape Town - The 38th World Conference on Lung Health started in Cape Town on 9 November, bringing together more than 3,000 scientists in the ongoing battle against tuberculosis (TB) and other respiratory diseases.
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Cheaper TB diagnostics for SA and other high burden countries |
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November 07, 2007 |
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South Africa and 38 other countries with high-burdens of tuberculosis (TB) will benefit from a pricing agreement that will see the introduction of a test that is set to initiate a dramatic decrease in the time it takes to test for TB and multi-drug resistant (MDR) TB.
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MDR TB patients need to be treated in communities, not locked in hospitals |
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November 07, 2007 |
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Activist group opposes locking MDR and XDR patients in hospital wards as there are too many patients for health authorities to cope with.
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HIV rate falls again in Zimbabwe |
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November 04, 2007 |
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Johannesburg - When Zimbabwe registered a decline in HIV prevalence rates in 2004, and again in 2006, the news was met with scepticism, but new official figures released on Wednesday indicate the downward trend has continued, with rates falling by 10 percent over the past 5 years.
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