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15 04, 2014

Tuberculosis – A re-emerging disease and the observance of World TB Day

2017-04-26T12:35:01+00:00

Dr. Muhammad Najeeb Durrani, Epidemiologist, District Surveillance Coordinator, District TB Coordinator (DTC), In-charge Dengue Fever Surveillance Cell, Islamabad Although the Government of Pakistan’s National TB Control Program through its TB DOTS strategy has revolutionized the TB treatment in the country and brought down the incidence and the prevalence of disease thereby improving the treatment indicators; [...]

15 03, 2013

WHO and Global Fund cite tuberculosis threat

2017-04-26T12:35:10+00:00

World Health Organisation (WHO) and Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria said that strains of Tuberculosis with resistance to multiple drugs could spread widely and highlight an annual need of  at least US$ 1.6 billion in international funding for treatment and prevention of the disease. Dr. Margaret Chan, Director-General of WHO, and Dr. [...]

15 02, 2011

HIV/AIDS-associated Tuberculosis; A Global Health Catastrophe

2017-04-26T12:35:30+00:00

 Maryam Yousaf 1, Usman Waheed 2 1 Department of Biochemistry, PMAS Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi 2 Department of Molecular Biology, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad From its discovery in 1981, the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) has killed more than 25 million people and infects 0.6% world’s population [1]. The HIV infection is commonly complicated by other infections; [...]