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UN efforts to fight TB have flopped
By MARIA CHENG (AP)
GENEVA ? Global efforts to control tuberculosis have failed and radical new approaches are needed, experts said Wednesday.
With more than 9 million people infected last year, including 2 million deaths, officials say there is more tuberculosis now than at any other time in history. In a special tuberculosis edition of the British medical journal Lancet published on Wednesday, experts said past failures prove new strategies are required.
For years, the World Health Organization and partners have fought TB largely with a program where health workers watch patients take their drugs ? even though the agency acknowledged in a 2008 report that this treatment program didn't significantly curb TB spread.
Experts said TB isn't only a medical problem, but is intertwined with poverty, as it spreads widely among people living in overcrowded, dirty places. They said TB programs need to go beyond health and include other sectors like housing, education and transportation...
UN efforts to fight TB have flopped
By MARIA CHENG (AP)
GENEVA ? Global efforts to control tuberculosis have failed and radical new approaches are needed, experts said Wednesday.
With more than 9 million people infected last year, including 2 million deaths, officials say there is more tuberculosis now than at any other time in history. In a special tuberculosis edition of the British medical journal Lancet published on Wednesday, experts said past failures prove new strategies are required.
For years, the World Health Organization and partners have fought TB largely with a program where health workers watch patients take their drugs ? even though the agency acknowledged in a 2008 report that this treatment program didn't significantly curb TB spread.
Experts said TB isn't only a medical problem, but is intertwined with poverty, as it spreads widely among people living in overcrowded, dirty places. They said TB programs need to go beyond health and include other sectors like housing, education and transportation...
