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Improved TB Diagnosis & Treatment: Research and Innovation Urgently Needed to Address Global Epidemic

Posted by  on Tuesday, May 7th 2013     
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In 1882, Dr. Robert Koch discovered Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacteria that causes TB. Read more >>

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Paving the Way for a Measles-Free Nigeria

Posted by  on Tuesday, February 1st 2011     

Guest Post by: Andrea Gay, Executive Director of Children’s Health at the United Nations Foundation For the last ten years, I have seen thousands of children cry after being pricked by needle for a vaccination against measles –a deadly disease that is preventable by one quick, albeit painful, shot. I witnessed it again this week [...]

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USAID Responds to Polio Outbreak in Tajikistan

Posted by  on Sunday, June 13th 2010     

Tajikistan is experiencing its first importation of wild poliovirus into the country in 12 years and the first case in the WHO European Region since it was certified as polio free in 2002. As of June 9, 2010, there are 183 confirmed cases of polio, including 3 deaths, in Tajikistan – out of 288 total polio [...]

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