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extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis

Global Health

By Joanne Lu10 May 2017

Projected spread of drug-resistant tuberculosis threatens elimination targets

Drug-resistant tuberculosis is projected to spread over the next 20 years in four countries that already have a high burden of the disease: Russia, India, the Philippines and South Africa. The expected rise in cases jeopardizes elimination targets set by the World Health Organization (WHO).

Global Health

By Joanne Lu23 March 2017

Emerging epidemic of multidrug-resistant TB ‘threatens decades of progress’

The global fight to eradicate tuberculosis (TB) is at a critical crossroads, a new report warned today. An emerging epidemic of multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) tuberculosis “threatens to derail decades of progress,” unless countries quickly provide the political will and funding for a multipronged offensive against the disease.