AMA To Support Increased Resources For TB Control
Main Category: TuberculosisAlso Included In: Respiratory / Asthma; Aid / Disasters; Public Health
Article Date: 28 Jun 2007 - 0:00 PDT
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The AMA today voted to support federal legislation to increase resources for global and domestic tuberculosis (TB) control.
"About one-third of the world's population is infected with tuberculosis, and drug resistant strains of TB are spreading around the world," said J. James Rohack, M.D., AMA board member. "About 10-14 million Americans are infected with latent TB. With the newest class of anti-TB drugs over 40 years old and the increase in multi-drug resistance, we need new tools to fight this killer disease."
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