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US Cuts Could Jeopardize Global Health Innovations, Says Report

By Julian Upton | Published: February 20, 2013
Cuts to US global health and research programs for diseases such as AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria risk derailing the innovations crucial to fighting these diseases, according a new report by the Global Health Technologies Coalition.
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TB Alliance Trumpets New, Improved Drugs at World Health Assembly

By Oriana Schwindt | Published: May 19, 2010
Like polio and leprosy, developed countries have long since tamed tuberculosis. But even now, other parts of the world continue to struggle against the disease, with nearly all (98 percent) of TB’s 1.7 million worldwide deaths occurring in developing countries. TB’s high comorbidity with HIV infections has recently added another level of urgency to efforts [...]
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A Critical Path to New TB Treatments

By George Koroneos | Published: March 18, 2010
Image via Wikipedia FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg announced, on Thursday, a new joint initiative between industry, FDA, and non-profit organizations designed to fast-track modern combination treatments for tuberculosis. Where once it took more than two decades to create new therapies for TB, this collaboration is expected to produce working treatments in less than six years, providing [...]
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