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Infectious diseases are responsible for one in two deaths in developing countries, where poverty, limited access to health care, drug resistance and a changing environment make populations particularly vulnerable.
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Opinions and Analysis
Risk-averse researchers put mothers' lives at risk
Researchers are putting women's lives at risk by being too cautious about trialling drugs during pregnancy, say Nicholas J. White and colleagues.
Adopt TB approach to tackle chronic diseases
Non-communicable disease treatment has a lot to learn from tuberculosis control programmes, say Anthony D. Harries and colleagues.
Policy Briefs
Controlling TB requires public awareness
An assessment of national tuberculosis policies in select countries emphasises the need for more public engagement.
27 June 2007
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Source: Open Society Institute
Addressing health policy in Myanmar
The challenge of setting policy priorities for infectious diseases in Myanmar's current political climate.
27 June 2007
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Source: PLoS Medicine
News and Features
Powerful new tool to diagnose drug-resistant TB
Following successful clinical trials of a new tool to diagnose drug-resistant TB, the WHO has endorsed its use in all affected countries.
2 July 2008
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Sanitation 'crucial' for tackling water-borne disease
A new WHO report concludes that effective and affordable methods for tackling sanitation are essential to control water-borne diseases.
1 July 2008
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Cross-border malaria research rewarded in Africa
12 June 2008
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