Tuberculosis & Malaria
Tuberculosis & Malaria 16/05/2012
ART reduces TB risk, even in high-income countries
However, the benefit is not seen in patients who start ART at very low CD4-cell counts.
Tuberculosis & Malaria 15/05/2012
We are losing the fight against TB, warns WHO
Governments told they must act to halt spread of drug-resistant strains.
Tuberculosis & Malaria 10/05/2012
Aeras and IDRI sign agreement to jointly develop novel tuberculosis vaccine
First Phase I study of vaccine candidate planned for this year.
Tuberculosis & Malaria 09/05/2012
WHO TB diagnostics may prevent more deaths than standard of care
WHO-recommended strategies for diagnosing tuberculosis would prevent more deaths than the standard approach now used in most parts of sub-Saharan Africa.
Tuberculosis & Malaria 03/05/2012
TB identified as a top priority in fighting the biggest killer diseases
Research released by the Copenhagen Consensus Center identifies TB as a key priority for infectious disease control in terms of cost effectiveness and disease burden.
Tuberculosis & Malaria 28/04/2012
Aeras and TBVI agree to strengthen collaboration on advancing new TB vaccines
The collaboration between Aeras and TBVI will address significant scientific opportunities and challenges described in Tuberculosis Vaccines: A Strategic Blueprint for the Next Decade.
Tuberculosis & Malaria 28/04/2012
Ranbaxy launches homegrown malaria drug
India's first new chemical entity developed through clinical trials and commercialization in India.
Tuberculosis & Malaria 28/04/2012
Ahead of World Malaria Day, WHO heralds gains against disease, calls for greater treatment coverage
WHO's new initiative, T3: Test. Treat. Track., urges malaria-endemic countries and donors to move towards universal access to diagnostic testing and antimalarial treatment, and to build robust malaria surveillance systems.
Tuberculosis & Malaria 27/04/2012
Drug-resistant malaria might be spreading in Africa, study suggests
A strain of malaria that is resistant to artemether may be spreading in Africa.
Tuberculosis & Malaria 27/04/2012
Global Fund-led initiative slashes cost of anti-malaria medicines in many African countries
Life-saving malaria treatment can be bought for less than one US dollar.
Tuberculosis & Malaria 25/04/2012
U.N. calls for increased collaboration, funding to fight malaria ahead of World Malaria Day on Wednesday
Although malaria deaths have declined significantly in recent years, there is still much to be done to reach the target of zero deaths by 2015.
Tuberculosis & Malaria 25/04/2012
Study linking malaria resurgence, reduction in malaria control programs highlights need for sustained funding
Progress in eradicating malaria is jeopardized if programs to combat the disease are cut.
Tuberculosis & Malaria 25/04/2012
NIH statement on World Malaria Day – April 25, 2012
B. F. (Lee) Hall, M.D., Ph.D., and Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
Tuberculosis & Malaria 25/04/2012
UNITAID statement — World Malaria Day 2012
Investing in diagnostics to improve treatment.
Tuberculosis & Malaria 17/04/2012
Renewed focus on tuberculosis holds promise for new treatments
"It can't take 40 years for us to get our next drug candidates for tuberculosis developed."
Tuberculosis & Malaria 17/04/2012
TB incidence lower with ART in rich countries, but not at age 50+
Increases in tuberculosis incidence shortly after combination ART, especially in those more than 50 years old and those with CD4 cell counts below 50 cells/μL, suggest unmasking immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome.
Tuberculosis & Malaria 16/04/2012
Genetically modified mosquitoes offer hope of malaria eradication amid growing drug resistance
"With such a technique, the eventual eradication of human malaria from the planet is far from being an impossible dream."
Tuberculosis & Malaria 13/04/2012
Novel T cell antigen discovery platform providing new momentum on malaria vaccine
Overview of unique approach presented by Genocea Biosciences at the World Vaccine Congress.
Tuberculosis & Malaria 13/04/2012
Anya Sarang and Tim Rhodes: “The last way” clinic: why tuberculosis remains an incurable disease in Russia
From patients’ accounts of Kamskaya Clinic, you would not think that tuberculosis is a curable disease.
Tuberculosis & Malaria 12/04/2012
Co-trimoxazole discontinuation linked to increased malaria
HIV-infected persons, while on co-trimoxazole, have a lower rate of malaria and diarrhoea, and stopping the drug increases the rate.
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