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Totally Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis

Kolleen Bouchane | Posted 03.24.2012

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Kolleen Bouchane

We need to get ahead of drug-resistant tuberculosis. This means detecting TB early, testing for drug resistance and providing appropriate treatment in both the public and private sectors.

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Got Outrage? We Do, and We Are Ready to Share

Kolleen Bouchane | Posted 01.08.2012

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Kolleen Bouchane

I feel outrage everyday. I think of the stories I know about those who have lived with and died from tuberculosis and I feel truly deeply irreparably angry.

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Vuvuzela: Going Viral to Save Lives

Kari Stoever | Posted 05.25.2011

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Kari Stoever

The vuvuzela is quickly becoming the world's first viral instrument. I recommend we make it the international instrument of solidarity to prevent deaths from HIV/AIDS and TB.

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Zambia's TB-ridden prisons

Joe Amon | Posted 05.25.2011

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Joe Amon

Multi-drug-resistant TB is being incubated in Zambia's prisons, amid conditions that violate international human rights law. This commentary first ap...

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South Africa Battles Deadly New Tuberculosis

GlobalPost.com | Elizabeth Chiles Shelburne | Posted 05.25.2011

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TUGELA FERRY, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa -- Two health workers trudge up a steep, rocky hill carrying a blue cooler full of freezer packs ...

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