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Tuberculosis Prevention

World TB Day 2012: Ensuring a Treatable Disease Is Actually Treatable

David Greeley | Posted 05.24.2012 | Impact
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David Greeley

Our most daunting global health crisis is a pernicious, wasting disease that can be spread by a simple cough or sneeze and has been infecting humans since 4,000 B.C.

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Tuberculosis: Modernizing the Fight Against an Ancient Scourge

Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. | Posted 03.24.2013 | Healthy Living
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Anthony S. Fauci, M.D.

We face a lengthy war to be fought tenaciously on many fronts, and likely over many decades, as we move toward our goal of tuberculosis control and, ultimately, elimination.

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Whether It's Cyprus or TB, the Ultimate Austerity Measure Is Prevention

Kari Stoever | Posted 03.25.2013 | Impact
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Kari Stoever

Preventing a problem in the first place is the Holy Grail to mitigating some of the world's greatest challenges. Future generations will pay the price for each year we are delayed in making new TB vaccines available for the world.

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