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	<title>Fifth EDCTP Forum - Blog &#187; Tuberculosis</title>
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		<title>Forum Recommendations: Tuberculosis</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:51:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniela Pereira-Lengkeek</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tuberculosis]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After reviewing the current state of clinical research on Tuberculosis, the following recommendations for future research were made by the researchers that participated in the scientific sessions:

The following areas still need more research work to be supported in TB:

Point-of-care diagnostics (RAPID assays) including sophistication of microscopy-based approaches
Active case detection
Diagnostic tests that will differentiate between latent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tuberculosis scientific parallel sessions</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:10:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniela Pereira-Lengkeek</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tuberculosis]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fifth EDCTP Forum presentations</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:28:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniela Pereira-Lengkeek</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cross-cutting issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HIV/AIDS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malaria]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The presentations of all three Forum days and electronic posters are now available for download. 
Global picture
 
Prof. Charles Mgone, EDCTP Executive Director
Introduction of the theme: Fighting HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis: one world one partnership
Download presentation
Dr Diana Dunstan, EDCTP Assembly Chairperson
European and African programmes partnership: role of European member states and agencies
Download presentation
Dr Placido Cardoso, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PanACEA had its kick-off meeting in Moshi, Tanzania, 10 and 11 October, 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:19:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniela Pereira-Lengkeek</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Preparations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tuberculosis]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[by Dr Martin Boeree
Representatives of 11 African clinical trial sites and 3 European Universities, representatives of EDCTP, and pharmaceutical industry met for a kick-off of this new Consortium.  Intensive and constructive discussions were held on the science, the governance, the timelines and the capacity development aspects of the sites.  They were very nicely hosted by [...]]]></description>
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