Tuberculosis
The Battle Against Killer TB Begins
Published in AIDS Weekly, April 13th, 2009
TB PAN-NET, a new scientific pan-European multidisciplinary network of 27 partners was officially launched on World TB Day. The network will tackle the alarming threat of a re-emergence in Europe of a fatal form of tuberculosis – multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB). According to a 2008 World Health Organisation (WHO) report on TB, approximately seven people die from the disease each hour in Europe alone. Europe also has the highest incidence of drug-resistant TB strains, lowest detection rates, and is one of the world's worst regions in terms of treatment outcomes.
Organised by the Stop TB Partnership, World...
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Source: AIDS Weekly (2009-04-13)
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