The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria said on Monday that strains of tuberculosis with resistance to multiple drugs could spread widely. The International health agencies also highlighted an annual need of at least US$ 1.6 billion in international funding for treatment and prevention of the disease.
The WHO said that if fully funded, by 2016 over 90% of TB patients estimated to have MDR-TB will be detected and provided treatment in seven high-MDR-TB burden countries including India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Philippines, Ukraine and South Africa.
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[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
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[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/who
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/malaria
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/indonesia
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/kazakhstan
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/pakistan
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/drugs
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-effects
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