Tag Archives: Tuberculosis

Smoking Worsens TB Epidemics in Developing World

Is smoking a major contributing factor to high incidence of tuberculosis in the developing world? A study of tuberculosis sufferers in India suggests that it is. The BBC reports that researchers at the Epidemiological Research Center in Madras, India, calculated … Continue reading

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World Health Organization Urges More Funding for Fight Against Tuberculosis

The World Health Organization recently released a report on the state of tuberculosis in the world and called on donor nations to provide funds to distribute and monitor the administration of anti-tuberculosis drugs in the developing world. The WHO’s basic … Continue reading

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State of The World’s Vaccines and Immunizations

A report by the World Health Organization, UNICEF and the World Bank concluded that 3 out of 4 children around the world now have access to essential vaccines. But, of course, that means that fully 25 percent of the world’s … Continue reading

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WHO: Tuberculsosis Efforts Falling Behind

The World Health Organization issued a report this month noting that the world is falling behind in efforts to contain tuberculosis. According to the WHO, A strategy that can cure up to 90% of all tuberculosis cases, and thus is … Continue reading

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Better Tuberculosis Vaccine on the Way

There is a vaccine for tuberculosis available that has saved many, many lives but it has an odd feature — in some people it just doesn’t work. That would be fine if it didn’t work in a few people, as … Continue reading

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Is the World Health Organization Part of the Problem?

Brian Doherty has an excellent, scathing attack on the World Health Organization for the January 2002 issue of Reason which argues that the organization is a bureaucratic nightmare more interested in self-preservation than actually doing something about improving health in … Continue reading

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