TB coinfection

5 February 2007. Related: On the web.

The new XDR-TB February monthly update from WHO featuring the following stories and links is available as a PDF file:

http://www.who.int/tb/xdr/news_feb07.pdf180 Kb

• Global task force highlights progress
• German EU Presidency: XDR-TB “one of the highest priority health problems”
• CROI on XDR-TB
• Individual human rights versus public health protection – WHO response
• World TB Day 2007
• Green Light Committee strengthened to improve delivery of second-line drugs
• Related planning, capacity building and investigation efforts