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(T)DR-TB

Panel debate : World Conference of Science Journalists , Helsinki, Finland , 27 June 2013. (T)DR-TB. Can we afford. a post- antibiotic world?. Dr Karin Weyer WHO Global TB Programme Geneva, Switzerland. GLOBAL TB PROGRAMME. Imagine a disease ….

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(T)DR-TB

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  1. Panel debate: World Conference of Science Journalists, Helsinki, Finland, 27 June 2013 (T)DR-TB Can weafford a post-antibiotic world? Dr Karin Weyer WHO Global TB Programme Geneva, Switzerland GLOBAL TB PROGRAMME

  2. Imagine a disease … thatspreads by air requirestreatment >= 24 months withmultiple drugs painful injections for >= 8 months constant nausea and regularvomiting the risk of goingdeaf becomingdepressedevensuicidal … thatwillkillyou if not treated. GLOBAL TB PROGRAMME

  3. 500,000 new MDR-TB cases per year only 95,000 notified by Jun 2013

  4. 500,000 new MDR-TB cases per year only 73,000 on treatment by Jun 2013

  5. of every 10 MDR-TB patients 5 are cured 2 die 2 are lost 1 fails (XDR?)

  6. XDR-TB in 93 countries by Jun 2013

  7. Politicalcommitment and a sense of urgency Better use of existingtools for preventionand control Massivescale-up of country capacity & humanresources New tools diagnostics, drugs, vaccines

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