TB Care Will Save 500,000 Lives in Africa-Experts
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As many as half a million lives could be saved every year in Africa if governments combine their approach to tackle a rampant AIDS epidemic with measures to treat tuberculosis, health experts said on Tuesday.
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Scientists have devised a blood test for tuberculosis which they hope will help doctors in the developing world.
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Simultaneous infection with both HIV and TB is spreading throughout sub-Saharan Africa, researchers say.
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The lives of 500,000 HIV-positive people in Africa could be prolonged each year if they were also treated for tuberculosis (TB), two UN agencies announced on Tuesday.
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TUGELA FERRY, South Africa  - In a country where AIDS kills 900 people each day, full hospitals and beleaguered doctors are nothing new.
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The problem of multidrug-resistant TB may be even more severe than previously thought, experts warn.
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African health workers aren&#39;t just being lured away by better salaries in rich countries. They are fleeing squalid and unsafe workplaces and staggering workloads.
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The death rate of children infected with HIV in Africa could be cut in half if they were put on an inexpensive antibiotic, according to a study published in The Lancet.
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While every human death from bird flu commands widespread attention, some experts are urging the world not to forget killer diseases such as tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS, which claim millions of lives each year.
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African leaders will lobby the Global Fund for AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria for more money Wednesday to solve a cash crunch facing its work, seen as vital for the continent's health, officials said.
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Zimbabwe will put 40,000 more people on life saving anti-retroviral drugs by the end of the year despite an economic crisis that has hobbled the country's health care, state media reported on Tuesday.
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The World Health Organization has unveiled a two-year plan to combat the spread of drug-resistant tuberculosis.
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A drug treatment combination can reduce deaths from tuberculosis meningitis by up to a third, scientists believe.
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A system linking the some of the globe's best doctors with the developing world is saving lives.
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The Manhica Health Research Centre in Mozambique has high hopes that a new malaria vaccine could save many lives in future. This comes after the centre, one of the smaller health research centres in the world
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South African officials said the   spread of highly drug resistant tuberculosis to a Johannesburg   hospital was a "wake-up call" to intensify work on defenses   against the possibility of a deadly outbreak.
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A new, untreatable form of tuberculosis is striking up to 30,000 people a year, the World Health Organization said on Friday, and warned it could spark an "apocalyptic scenario" if unchecked.