Campaign against tuberculosis is intensifying its ambitions

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Summary

a conference of international tuberculosis in Cape Town, South Africa, last week had the flavor of a rally against HIV / AIDS. Besides street protests demanding cheaper drugs and passionate advocacy of people living with the disease, the meeting highlighted a new drive to "stop TB" which shares much of the agenda with a similar drive to "stop AIDS," who both set deadlines in 2030. TB is facing the same challenges, including the fact that one third of the 9.6 million people infected are undiagnosed and many who start treatment have difficulty sticking with the drug, leading to more transmission and drug resistance. activists of tuberculosis when decried meeting how long it takes to promising new drugs to reach the many people in need and the high price of some new treatments that are widely available. enhanced diagnostics are also increasingly widely used, including a machine called GeneXpert rapidly detect TB and multidrug-resistant cases and a urine test that works well in people who have AIDS at an advanced stage.

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