Tuberculosis scientific parallel sessions
Posted by Daniela Pereira-Lengkeek on November 3, 2009 at 09:10 am
By Ochieng’ Ogodo
While tuberculosis (TB) is largely under control in developed countries, it is spreading fast in the developing world. It still haunts the poor in third world and health experts are now describing the advent of deadly drug-resistant strain spreading fast in the developing world as a time bomb.
It is for this reason that health experts at the Fifth European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership Forum in Arusha, Tanzania, October 12-14 emphasised quick diagnosis and treatment, development of effective vaccine and addressing the weak treatment systems. Read More
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