Copyright 2009 Medical News Today Latest Tuberculosis News From Medical News Today. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/sections/tuberculosis/ admin@medicalnewstoday.com (MNT Admin) editors@medicalnewstoday.com (MNT Editors) en-us Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/172140.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/172140.php Representatives of African countries are meeting in Abuja this week to discuss the procurement and distribution of the H1N1 (swine flu) vaccine, the Daily Trust/allAfrica.com reports (Rabiu, 11/23). Leadership/allAfrica. Swine Flu Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171824.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171824.php Fact Sheets Examine U.S. Role In Global Health Programs The Kaiser Family Foundation has released three new fact sheets examining the U.S.'s role in global health programs, including PEPFAR, the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), and the HIV / AIDS Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171663.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171663.php The integration of alcohol screening, treatment and referral into primary care and other medical settings is not routinely done. Nor are there any studies evaluating the effectiveness of integrating care for alcohol use disorders (AUDs) into routine treatment for tuberculosis (TB), despite the high co-occurrence and mortality associated with these two diseases. Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171513.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171513.php Innovation, Coordination Needed To 'Bring TB Research Into The 21st Century' Though tuberculosis "is one of the world's leading killers … few citizens, scientists and policymakers are demanding more attention to TB research, treatment and prevention. … It's time to bring TB research into the 21st century," Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, writes in an Tuberculosis Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171204.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171204.php The recent failure of an HIV vaccine was probably caused by the immune system reacting to the virus 'shell' used to transmit the therapy around the body, according to research published 16 November 2009 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The trial, called 'STEP', was halted in September 2007 because preliminary results suggested that people who had been given the vaccine were more likely to be infected with HIV than people who had been given a placebo. HIV / AIDS Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171007.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171007.php During its recent board meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria approved $2.4 billion for the three diseases, PlusNews reports. The money is for the fund's "ninth round of grants, bringing the total amount of approved funding since its inception in 2001 to $18.4 billion," according to the publication. HIV / AIDS Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170753.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170753.php Drug companies and nonprofit organizations are joining forces to develop new drugs and vaccines to target so-called "neglected" diseases that claim millions of lives in the developing world each year. Those hard-to-treat diseases include malaria, tuberculosis, dengue fever, and other conditions. That's the topic of the cover story scheduled for the current issue of Chemical & Engineering News, ACS' weekly newsmagazine. Tropical Diseases Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170364.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170364.php Global economic problems and other factors have slowed public health funding from the U.S. and other international donors, threatening recent gains in providing antiretroviral drugs to people with HIV/AIDS in developing countries, according to a new report by Doctors Without Borders, the HIV / AIDS Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170237.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170237.php Clinical Infectious Diseases Examines Malaria Treatment An editorial commentary appearing in Clinical Infectious Diseases examines the insight gained in how best to control malaria, based on recent studies of artemisinin combination therapy (ACTs). Tropical Diseases Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169810.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169810.php By 2031 developing countries could need an estimated $35 billion to fight HIV/AIDS - three times the amount currently spent, according to a Health Affairs study published Tuesday, the New York Times reports. HIV / AIDS Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169622.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169622.php South African President Jacob Zuma on Thursday called for a renewed effort in the country's fight against HIV/AIDS, the Star/Independent Online reports. During a HIV / AIDS Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169434.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169434.php JAIDS Supplement Focuses On Global Health Systems "Action always leads to reaction, a fundamental law of nature," write the authors of an introduction appearing in a HIV / AIDS Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169268.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169268.php At any given time, over two million people are imprisoned in penal institutions in Europe. Prisons are extremely high-risk environments for the transmission of infectious diseases because of a high number of risk factors, such as overcrowding, poor nutrition, limited access to health care, continued illicit drug use and unsafe injecting practices, unprotected sex and tattooing. HIV / AIDS Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169149.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169149.php A scientist who is helping to treat thousands of people living with HIV and tuberculosis (TB) in South Africa was awarded the Royal Society Pfizer Award at a ceremony last night (27 October). Dr Linda-Gail Bekker's research looks at how TB epidemiology has changed in the HIV era. Researchers estimate that more than one in ten of all South Africans over 2 years old were living with HIV in 2008. South Africa has also seen a six fold increase in tuberculosis rates in the last 20 years. Tuberculosis Wed, 28 Oct 2009 05:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/168975.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/168975.php U.S. Grants Uganda $246M In Aid To Improve Agricultural, Health Systems The U.S. Embassy in Uganda announced a grant of $246 million in new aid for improving the Uganda's agricultural and health systems, Reuters reports. Water - Air Quality / Agriculture Tue, 27 Oct 2009 04:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/168814.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/168814.php Guyana Receives $10M Grant From Global Fund Stabroek News reports on the recent news that Guyana received a $10 million grant from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. HIV / AIDS Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/168599.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/168599.php Kaiser Health News staff writer Jessica Marcy talks with Dr. Antonio Falcon, a physician in the border town of Rio Grande City, Texas. He explained his concern "about several health threats facing border communities, including tuberculosis, diabetes, obesity and the H1N1 virus that causes swine flu. Tuberculosis Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/168484.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/168484.php Wednesday's release of the WHO, UNICEF and the World Bank joint report on childhood vaccines highlighted gains in recent global vaccination campaigns and also found that nearly 24 million infants worldwide don't get the recommended first-year vaccination. Immune System / Vaccines Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/168488.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/168488.php Donors Failing To Provide Somali IDPs With Aid, U.N. Official Says At the conclusion of a week-long visit to the region, Walter Kalin, a top U.N. human-rights official "says the international community is failing in its duty to internally displaced persons in Somalia. More than 1.5 million people in Somalia are believed to be IDPs," VOA News reports (Boswell, 10/21). Aid / Disasters Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/168297.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/168297.php The largest European countries are lagging far behind the United States in funding of tuberculosis (TB) research and development. As such they bear a responsibility for the painfully slow progress in finding new TB tests and treatments, according to a report released today by the medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). Tuberculosis Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/168314.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/168314.php Nigeria Gets $669M Global Fund Grant For Health System Strengthening The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria awarded Nigeria a $669 million Round 8 grant for health system strengthening over five years, This Day/allAfrica.com reports. HIV / AIDS Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/167543.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/167543.php Concern that many doctors are no longer being taught to diagnose and treat tuberculosis (TB) has led the World Medical Association to launch a new online refresher course for physicians. The refresher course will provide basic clinical care information for TB including the latest diagnostics, treatment and information about multidrug-resistant TB. Tuberculosis Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/167524.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/167524.php Agence France-Presse examines the ongoing fight to control the spread of tuberculosis in South Africa. "The World Health Organisation estimates almost one percent or 461,000 South Africans develop TB annually, with government figures showing that the disease was the country's leading natural cause of death in 2006," the news service writes. Tuberculosis Tue, 13 Oct 2009 03:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/167135.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/167135.php NPR Examines U.S. HIV Immigration Rules NPR examines U.S. policy for HIV-positive visitors and immigrants. HIV / AIDS Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/167061.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/167061.php Vets have welcomed the publication of the progress report for the Bovine Tuberculosis Eradication Group for England (TBEG). The British Veterinary Association (BVA) and British Cattle Veterinary Association (BCVA) are pleased at the consensus arrived at by TBEG (made up of representatives from Defra's Food and Farming Group, Animal Health, the farming industry and the veterinary profession), which recognises the limitations of the measures available to the Group. Veterinary