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Tuberculosis

The number of tuberculosis (TB) cases is increasing worldwide. This is particularly true in countries with high HIV prevalence. There is still no evolution in terms of development of new diagnostic tools and treatment. The only available ones are archaic and do not allow the efficient detection and treatment of TB in developing countries, where 99 percent of deaths occur. › more on Tuberculosis

» MSF continues seeking access to South Ossetia, while assisting people displaced by the conflict › Field Update › 20/08/08
» MSF Activities: Georgia conflict › Field Upate › 12/08/08
» Treating TB in southern Sudan  – The Village Approach › Feature › 04/08/08
» Swaziland: "Doctors have too many patients to treat" - Interview with Dr Aoua Hima Oumarou, tuberculosis consultant with MSF › Field Notes › 17/07/08
» MSF's drug-resistant TB program in Yerevan, Armenia › Slideshow › July 2008
» Georgia - Abkhazia: Home-care for patients suffering from multiple drug-resistant    tuberculosis › Featured Project › March 2008
» Eight months ago, I fell sick.... › Featured Project › March 2008
» Tuberculosis - New priorities, new challenges › Field Notes › March 2008
» MSF Releases 10th Annual “Top Ten” Most Underreported Humanitarian Stories of 2007 ›    Press Release › 20/12/07
» After the hand over of its last project, MSF leaves Rwanda › Press Release › 12/12/07
» MSF and TB Experts Call for New Approach to Test TB Drugs › Press Release › 07/05/07
» Struggling to control tuberculosis in Kyrgyzstan’s prisons › Feature › May 2007
» Tuberculosis: Fighting a losing battle? › Press Release › Mar 2007
» Tuberculosis Experts Outline Proposals to Speed Up Drug Development › Press Release › Jan 2007
» 2007 "Top Ten" most underreported humanitarian stories › Feature › Jan 2007
» ARMENIA: Tuberculosis Treatment Casts a Shadow of Uncertainty › Project › Aug 2006
» Kenya: The “Blue House” in the slum district Mathare helps people with HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis – but to survive they need more than just medicines › Feature Articles › Aug 2006
» Field notes from Xa Muteba, northern Angola › Letter › Jun 2006
» Field notes from Liberia › Letter › Apr 2006
» World TB Day 2006 : Children, forgotten victims of a neglected disease › Feature › Mar 2006
» Drug resistant TB: No tools to treat patients effectively › Feature › Dec 2005
» Somalia: access to basic health a luxury for most › Feature › Aug 2005
» Georgia: treating Tuberculosis in a forgotten land › Project › Jun 2005
» Barry Suckling – Medical doctor in Akuem, Sudan › Project › Jun 2005
» From Liberia › Letter › Apr 2005
» REVOLUTIONS DO NOT STOP EPIDEMICS › Letter › Mar 2005
» 2005 World TB Day › Feature › Mar 2005
» Final report for TB-HIV Integration › Report › Feb 2005
» Myanmar :: Breaking down barriers to disease in remote areas › Feature Projects › Feb 2005
» Ethiopia :: Further into the mire › Feature Projects › Feb 2005
» 2004 "Top Ten" most underreported humanitarian stories › Feature › Jan 2005
» World AIDS Day › e-news › Dec 2004
» 2004 The Year in Review › Feature › Dec 2004
» TB is spiralling out of control › e-news › Nov 2004
» Democratic Republic of Congo :: Greed in a time of cholera › Feature Article › Sep 2004
» Episode EIGHT :: Nomad M.D. Ethiopia (episode) › Crisis Zone › Sep 2004
» Episode EIGHT :: Nomad M.D. Ethiopia (project) › Crisis Zone › Sep 2004
» Episode THREE :: On the road (episode) › Crisis Zone › Sep 2004
» Episode THREE :: On the road (volunteer) › Crisis Zone › Sep 2004
» Episode TWO :: Cool Hand Luc (episode) › Crisis Zone › Sep 2004
» Episode TWO :: Cool Hand Luc (volunteer) › Crisis Zone › Sep 2004
» IVORY COAST :: Behind the Bars of MACA Prison › Project › Jul 2004
» Angola :: TB treatment in Kuito › Project › Jun 2004
» Day centre for Moscow street children › Project › Apr 2004
» 2004 World TB Day › Feature › Mar 2004 [Updated April 2004]
» Abkhazia :: Battling drug resistance › Project › Feb 2004
» Ethiopia :: Nothing you can say › Project › Feb 2004

 

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