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We have the state-of-the-art La Paz hospitals in Bata and Malabo, which are available to everyone in the country ... They are not just for the elite. Everyone is welcome to go. We have several other hospitals that are available for our citizens at a lower cost than in neighboring countries. We offer treatments for AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis to all Equatoguineans at no cost.
The prototype is ready and we want to provide the device in government hospitals soon. We hope the device will not only motivate tuberculosis patients to complete the DOTS therapy but also increase awareness about the disease. Once a patient knows all about the disease, he or she will spread the information in their villages
They call Africa a continent plagued by poverty, ignorance and such endemic disaster as malaria, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS. These so-called characteristics of the continent bode ill for its developmentMore quotes »
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Cuts in funding threaten to make TB even more deadly worldwide
TB services in the U.S. and abroad, and expanding the number of TB drugs, we should be working to prevent all deaths from tuberculosis. Celine Gounder is a primary care doctor, and a specialist in infectious diseases and public health. She previously served 3:01 AM from Albuquerque Journal Read more »
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World: Preventing and detecting possible misuse of funds
today on preventing and detecting possible misuse of funds in countries where Global Fund grants support programs that fights AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. The report, prepared by Chief Risk Officer Cees Klumper, outlines actions that the Global Fund has 5/17/13 from Humanitarian News Read more »
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Out of the Darkness
on what she once described as the "longest, dreariest avenue in England." Her father, who had lost his 10 brothers and his mother to tuberculosis and struggled up through the ranks of the British navy, was kindly and affectionate. He looked like George V. 5/17/13 from Wall Street Journal Read more »
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New strain of drug-resistant TB virus a major challenge
than 50 multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) cases have been detected in the state in the past few years and the patients have been put on high-level medication. Though the state has a full-fledged anti-TB wing which has in recent years curbed the mortality 5/17/13 from India Environmental Portal Read more »
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Australian woman dies from tuberculosis
TORRES Strait Islander woman has died from an apparent drug resistant strain of tuberculosis (TB), becoming the first Australian in several years to succumb to the disease. Queensland's chief health officer Jeanette Young on Friday confirmed the 20-year-old's from The Courier Mail Read more »
