World Health Organization : Year 1995 ; World Health Organization, Tuberculosis, No. 95.193: Tuberculosis and HIV Research ; Working Towards Solutions

By N. Rieder, Dr.

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Title:	World Health Organization : Year 1995 ; World Health Organization, Tuberculosis, No. 95.193: Tuberculosis and HIV Research ; Working Towards Solutions
Author:	N. Rieder, Dr.
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Language:	English
Subject:	Health., Public health, Wellness programs
Collections:	Medical Library Collection, World Health Collection
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Publisher:	World Health Organization


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Medical Reference Publication

Excerpt
Few people now doubt the magnitude of the suffering caused by tuberculosis - in this decade alone tuberculosis will probably be responsible for some 30 million deaths. It will cause more disability and mortality among adults than any other single infectious disease. However, we live in a world where tuberculosis programmes are at best understaffed and underfinanced; where the diagnosis of tuberculosis - relying as it does on 19th ccntury technology - is insensitive; where treatment completion rates are often well below SO%; and whcrc thc means of ensuring adherence to therapy remain unclear. Consistently, the world community has failed even to implement those effective and well tried measures against tuberculosis that havc existed for almost 40 ycars

Table of Contents
Contents I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.. ,.. - ., .. ,,..,. - . .., ., , .., WBO/TB/95.193 ExecutiveSummary ...................................................... 1 I . Introduction ...................................................... 3 I1 . The Impact of HlV on Tuberculosis Control .............................. h IU . Stateof-the-art Presentations ......................................... 9 IV . WorkingGroupReports ............................................ 13 1 . Health Economics and Health Care Financing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 2 . Sociobehavioural Issues - Care Seeking and Adherence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 3 . Health Systems - Care Access and Care Delivery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 4 . Epidemiology and Clinical Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 V . Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 VI . NcxtSteps ...................................................... 22 Annex 1: Prioritized Research Topics ..................................... 23 Annex 2: List of participants ........................................... 24