Wildlife

12 deers die in five months at Chhatbir zoo

As many as twelve deers at Chhatbir Zoo have died over the past five months, with the latest death being reported on October 10.

Publication Date: 
14/10/2011
Indian Express (Chandigarh)
Tags:
Chandigarh, Zoos, Wildlife, Tuberculosis, Animal Diseases
Health

TB drops globally, wreaks havoc in India

New Delhi: First the good news — the number of people who fell ill with tuberculosis globally dropped to 8.8 million in 2010, after peaking at nine million in 2005.

Publication Date: 
13/10/2011
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Tuberculosis, India, Respiratory Diseases, Health Care, Drugs, WHO
Health

TB cases continue to rise in India: WHO

Even as the number of cases of tuberculosis (TB) in the world showed a decline for the first time globally, India continued to be reporting higher number of cases, the World Health Organisation (WH

Publication Date: 
13/10/2011
Asian Age (New Delhi)
Tags:
Tuberculosis, WHO, China, India, South Africa, Diseases, Indonesia, Drugs, Pakistan, Health
Health

A win-win solution?: A critical analysis of tiered pricing to improve access to medicines in developing countries

Tiered pricing - the concept of selling drugs and vaccines in developing countries at prices systematically lower than in industrialized countries - has received widespread support from industry, policymakers, civil society, and academics as a way to improve access to medicines for the poor. We carried out case studies based on a review of international drug price developments for antiretrovirals, artemisinin combination therapies, drug-resistant tuberculosis medicines, liposomal amphotericin B (for visceral leishmaniasis), and pneumococcal vaccines.

Publication Date: 
12/10/2011
Suerie Moon, Elodie Jambert, Michelle Childs & et al
Globalization and Health
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Tags:
Drugs, Drug Industry, Patents, Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), Developing Countries, AIDS, Malaria, Tuberculosis, Pneumonia, India, WHO
Health

TB Cases Fall for First Time

The World Health Organization says the number of people with tuberculosis has been falling.

Publication Date: 
12/10/2011
New York Times (New York)
Tags:
Health, WHO, Tuberculosis
Health

Global tuberculosis control 2011

This report provides a comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of the TB epidemic and progress in implementing and financing TB prevention, care and control at global, regional and country levels using data reported by 198 countries that account for over 99% of the world’s TB cases.

Publication Date: 
01/10/2011
World Health Organization
Tags:
Tuberculosis, Epidemics, Global, India, Diseases, Health Effects, Research, Development
Health

Tuberculosis spreading at alarming rate in Europe: WHO

Multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant forms of tuberculosis (TB) are spreading at an alarming rate in Europe and will kill thousands unless health authorities halt the pandemic, the Wo

Publication Date: 
19/09/2011
Business Recorder (Pakistan)
Tags:
Pakistan, WHO, Tuberculosis, Europe, Asia
Health

Panel Recommends Major Changes to Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

A panel charged with reviewing financial systems at the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria recommended a substantial overhaul Monday in the grant organization's practices.

Publication Date: 
19/09/2011
Asian Wall Street Journal (Hong Kong)
Tags:
AIDS, Tuberculosis, Malaria, Health, Zambia, Mali, Mauritania, Aid
Health

Request to PM to attend UN meet on Non-communicable dideases

PANJIM: General Secretary of the National Organisation for Tobacco Eradication, (NOTE) has written to the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh requesting him to take part in a high level committee United Nations meeting on prevention and control of non-communicable diseases.

Publication Date: 
16/09/2011
Herald (Panjim)
Tags:
Non Communicable Diseases, New York, WHO, Tobacco, AIDS, Malaria, Tuberculosis, NGO, Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Health
Animal Care

Tuberculosis hits Jhargram Deer Park

JHARGRAM, 14 SEPT: Two spotted deer, one monkey and a camel died of infectious tuberculosis at Jhargram Deer Park in West Midnapore in the past two days.

Publication Date: 
15/09/2011
Statesman (Kolkata)
Tags:
Animal Diseases, Tuberculosis, Zoos, Medinipur (D), Wildlife

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