Science and Development Network
News, views and information about science, technology and the developing world
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With increasing resistance to existing antibiotics, developing countries face a serious challenge in safeguarding their populations' health against killer diseases such as TB and typhoid fever.
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Opinions and Analysis
Biomed Analysis: End complacency on drug resistance
Controversy has pressed India into action to tackle antibiotic resistance. Now other countries must do the same, says Priya Shetty.
21 April 2011
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BioMed Analysis: Joining forces against TB
A partnership involving the US Food and Drug Administration may speed up delivery of new tuberculosis drug combinations, says Priya Shetty.
News and Features
China signs agreement to produce new TB vaccines
China's largest biotechnology company and a non-profit product developer are teaming up to develop new tuberculosis vaccines.
India faces totally drug-resistant TB
Indian health officials are describing hard to treat cases of TB as 'extra XDR-TB' amid warnings that the disease is not being managed properly.
19 January 2012
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Heat sensor provides fast, cheap TB detection method
30 August 2011
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