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Prof. Joseph Ndung'u becomes Corresponding Fellow of RSE
20 March 2013
Professor Joseph Ndung’u, head of HAT and Other Neglected Diseases at FIND, has been elected a Corresponding Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (CorrFRSE). The election was announced through a Press release by the Society on 19th March 2013.
FIND and WHO/TDR expand access to TB specimens
19 March 2013
A fresh collaboration between FIND and WHO/TDR will increase access to high quality specimens needed in the development of new diagnostic tests for tuberculosis in low-resource settings.
WHO recommends LPAsl as a rule-in test for XDR-TB
12 March 2013
WHO publishes report of the Expert Group meeting on the use of line probe assay for second-line anti-tuberculosis drugs which recommends that this technology may be used as a rule-in test for extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis where line probe assay capacity is available.