MDR-TB Treatment & Prevention
Multidrug and Extensively Drug-Resistant TB (M/XDR-TB) 2010 Global Report on Surveillance and Response with Fact Sheet
For 2-page 2010 Fact Sheet on M/XDR-TB, click here: http://www.who.int/tb/features_archive/world_tb_day_2010/mdrfactsheet15mar10_...
This WHO report presents drug resistance data from 114 countries and updated information from 35 of them. The report addresses funding issues, laboratory capacity, HIV-TB co-infection, and includes case studies from Bangladesh, China, Ethiopia, Nepal, Romania, and South Africa. The report indicates that there has been slow progress, but that some successful efforts to control M/XDR-TB can be viewed with cautious optimism.
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Multidrug and Extensively Drug-Resistant TB (M/XDR-TB) 2010 Global Report on Surveillance and Response with Fact Sheet (download, 851.4 KB) Summary: For 2-page 2010 Fact Sheet on M/XDR-TB, click here: http://www.who.int/tb/features_archive/world_tb_day_2010/mdrfactsheet15mar10_...
This WHO report presents drug resistance data from 114 countries and updated information from 35 of them. The report addresses funding issues, laboratory capacity, HIV-TB co-infection, and includes case studies from Bangladesh, China, Ethiopia, Nepal, Romania, and South Africa. The report indicates that there has been slow progress, but that some successful efforts to control M/XDR-TB can be viewed with cautious optimism.Source: World Health Organization - WHO
Language: English
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