Haiti makes solid progress in reducing TB
On World Tuberculosis Day, a personal account from the frontline, Haiti, which has the highest reported rates of TB in the western hemisphere. Macarthur Charles, MD, PhD, CDC’s TB Advisor in Haiti...
View ArticleAddressing Childhood Tuberculosis: Shedding Light on a Hidden Epidemic
Dr. Maloney consulting on a case in Taiwan Today is World TB Day, and while we have made great progress to control and cure TB, we must recognize that there is still more that needs to be done. TB...
View ArticleAn Ounce of Prevention: Why we must strengthen basic TB control to defeat...
Thomas Kenyon, MD MPH, Director of CDC Center for Global Health To many, the idea of living in a world where there is no effective treatment for tuberculosis (TB) seems unthinkable. After all, we live...
View ArticleA Consequence of Conflict: The Spread of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis
For more than 20 years, Kenya has been providing asylum to people fleeing civil war and conflict from Somalia. Many first reach Dadaab refugee camp, located in Garissa County, Kenya, about 50 miles...
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