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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 | EN

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.

19 March 2010 | EN | 中文

Drug-resistant TB needs massive research increase

Multidrug-resistant TB needs more research to equip healthcare workers with the right tools, write Frank G. J. Cobelens and colleagues.

Source: PLoS Medicine

17 July 2008 | EN | 中文

Prizes, not prices, to stimulate antibiotic R&D

With the worldwide growth of resistance, new antibiotics are increasingly needed. But R&D can be expensive and time-consuming, says James Love.

26 March 2008 | EN | ES | FR | 中文

Reducing antibiotics not enough to stem resistance

Reducing antibiotic use is not enough to curb the rise of resistance in the developing world, say Zulfiqar A. Bhutta and Syed Rehan Ali.

26 March 2008 | EN | ES | FR | 中文

Antibiotic resistance calls for better diagnostic labs

Tackling antibiotic resistance requires well-run diagnostic laboratories, says Pradeep Seth.

26 March 2008 | EN | ES | FR

A child at St. Peter's TB Hospital, Addis Ababa, taking DOTS drugs

European TB fight must begin in developing countries

The best way for European countries to combat tuberculosis is to help developing countries first, say Bruce Currey and colleagues.

Source: The Lancet

22 October 2007 | EN | 中文

Diagnosing TB in Uganda

Sharpening up TB diagnosis where it is needed most

Controlling tuberculosis in the developing world means investing in suitably equipped labs as well as in diagnostics, argues Evelyn Harvey.

4 July 2007 | EN | 中文