More Financing Is Urged to Fight TB in Africa
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The World Bank is spending far less on proven methods to combat tuberculosis in Africa than in India, China and Russia, according to a report by an advocacy group.
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Global efforts to control rising levels of tuberculosis are not working and more needs to be done to reduce infections from the deadly airborne disease, public health experts said Tuesday.
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Tuberculosis will kill millions in developing countries unless radical action is taken, an aid organisation has warned.
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Simultaneous infection with both HIV and TB is spreading throughout sub-Saharan Africa, researchers say.
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EVEN though the Namibian Government has increased allocations to provide HIV treatment, local programmes could be undermined if more money is not made available to strengthen the health system overall, a group of researchers has warned.
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The head of the International Monetary Fund on Tuesday urged developed countries to do more for Africa, including opening their markets to trade.
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Despite large amounts dedicated to the fight against AIDS, UK Secretary of International Development Hilary Benn has said that more money is required.
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An organization fighting tuberculosis worldwide said on Tuesday it has a 60 percent funding shortfall for this year and appealed to the United States and other countries to help.
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A United Nations-backed national anti-malaria campaign in Ethiopia today appealed for urgent funding to fill a shortfall of over 50 per cent in aid needed to combat a potential upsurge in the disease that could affect more than 6 million people within the
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ARUSHA, Tanzania  - African leaders lobbied the  Global Fund for Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria for more money  on Wednesday to solve a cash crunch but were told a new round  of funding was likely to be delayed by several months.
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Aids activist Zackie Achmat has joined the chorus of calls for TB treatment to be combined with HIV testing and anti-retroviral (ARV) treatment, echoing claims that it could save the lives of up to 500 000 HIV-infected Africans a year.
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A new, deadly strain of tuberculosis has killed 52 of 53 people infected in the last year in South Africa, the World Health Organization said Friday, calling for improved measures to treat and diagnose the bacteria.
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Africa needs to nearly triple the number of its health workers if it is to reverse plummeting life expectancies and combat pandemics of disease.
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The countryâs top experts on tuberculosis called for a vast increase in federal research dollars and asked for expanded authority to restrict travel by infected persons.
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Tests and medicines used to diagnose and  combat tuberculosis (TB) in poor countries are outdated and  ineffective and new treatments must be developed to fight the  disease, Doctors Without Borders said on Tuesday.
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The World Health Organization   urged South Africa on Thursday to act quickly to stamp out a   highly-resistant (WHO) form of tuberculosis that has killed at   least 52 people and could spread fast.
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Urgent action is needed to deal with the rise in tuberculosis cases in the UK, doctors are warning.