18 March 2008

WORLD HEALTH

Global health partnerships: the UK contribution to health in developing countries – the Government response (15th March 2008)
This document is the formal Government response to Lord Crisp's report on the UK contribution to health in developing countries.
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Global Tuberculosis Control 2008. Surveillance, Planning, Financing (17th March 2008)
The Global tuberculosis control 2008, released today by WHO, finds that the pace of the progress to control the tuberculosis (TB) epidemic slowed slightly in 2006, the most recent year for which data were available. The new information documents a slowdown in progress on diagnosing people with TB. Between 2001 to 2005, the average rate at which new TB cases were detected was increasing by 6% per year; but between 2005 and 2006 that rate of increase was cut in half, to 3%.
Click here for the Full Report (large file)
Click here for the Summary
Click here for the individual Chapters

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