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	Tuberculosis (TB)


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A WORLD FREE OF TB

Tuberculosis (TB) is an airborne infectious disease that is preventable and curable. WHO is working to dramatically reduce the burden of TB, and halve TB deaths and prevalence by 2015, through its Stop TB Strategy and supporting the Global Plan to Stop TB.

Health ministers to accelerate efforts against drug-resistant TB

Health ministers attending a ministerial meeting of high M/XDR-TB burden countries held in Beijing, China, 1-3 April 2009

Health ministers from countries with the greatest burdens of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) have agreed to a series of actions to accelerate efforts to halt and reverse the global epidemic of the disease.

The governments present issued a Call for Action at the conclusion of the opening day of the meeting.
Read more | Director-General's speech | Call for action [pdf 129kb] |
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