October 15

Global Tuberculosis Control 2011. WHO

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This is the sixteenth global report on tuberculosis (TB) published by WHO in a series that started in 1997. It provides a comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of the TB epidemic and progress in implementing and financing TB prevention, care and control at global, regional and country levels using data reported by 198 countries that account for over 99% of the world’s TB cases. From Polity.org.za

 

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November 13

Global Tuberculosis Control Report 2010

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The World Health Organizaton (WHO) has issued its most comprehensive report ever on the progress being made in combating the tuberculosis (TB) epidemic. The Global Tuberculosis Control Report 2010 contains the very latest data, and for the first time also includes online profiles from 212 countries and territories. Visit the website to download the report (full report, pdf), access country profiles and the global TB database.

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January 13

World Health Maps: HIV, TB. WHO

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March 27

Global Tuberculosis Control 2008

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Global Tuberculosis Control 2008
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has released the twelfth annual report entitled, Global Tuberculosis Control: Surveillance, Planning, Financing. This report is based on data reported to WHO via its standard data collection form by 202 out of 212 countries and territories in 2007, and the series of data collected from these countries annually since 1996. In short, the report presents an overview of progress in reducing the burden of TB worldwide. The report is available for download in full from the website with key findings available in six languages.

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February 28

Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis. WHO Report

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The World Health Organization (WHO) has released a new report on Anti-tuberculosis drug resistance in the world (full text, pdf, 2.48 MB). The report is based on data collected between 2002 and 2006 on 90 000 TB patients in 81 countries. It found that extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB), a virtually untreatable form of the respiratory disease, has been recorded in 45 countries. Read more on the Global Response Plan (full-text, pdf, 493kb) to address the growing problem of drug-resistant tuberculosis.

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June 24

Drug Resistant TB. WHO

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A new initiative by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Stop TB Partnership lays out steps to prevent, treat and control drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) and multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). Learn more from the news story and the WHO TB department's Web page.

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March 24

Global Tuberculosis Control. WHO

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In conjunction with World TB Day, observed on 24 March, the World Health Organization (WHO) has released a new report entitled, Global Tuberculosis Control: Surveillance, Planning, Financing. The report is available for download in full (pdf, 3.51 MB) or in parts. Learn more from the news story or the WHO Stop TB Department Web page.Permanent Link: Global tuberculosis control UN Pulse

February 04

Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis

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Worldwide Emergence of Extensively Drug-resistant Tuberculosis
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