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  Disease Control Priorities Project, Maryland (DCPP)

  This is the website for the Second Project on Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries (DCPP), a collaboration between the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Bank, and the Fogarty In
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  Global tuberculosis control: surveillance, planning, financing: WHO report 2007

  World Health Organization, 2007

  This eleventh annual report on Tuberculosis (TB) by the World Health Organization (WHO) assesses whether national TB control programmes (NTP) around the world met the 2005 targets of 70 per cent case detection and 85 per cent cure, and examines the effectiveness of the Stop TB strategy.
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  Effects of the global fund on reproductive health in Ethiopia and Malawi: baseline findings

  Partners for Health Reformplus, 2005

  This report by Partners for Health Reformplus, assesses the effects of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, tuberculosis and Malaria (GF), and the activities it supports on reproductive health and family planning programmes in Ethiopia and Malawi.
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  Persistent problems of access to appropriate, affordable TB services in rural China: experiences of different socio-economic groups

  BMC Public Health, 2007

  This paper, published in BMC public health, investigates the receipt of appropriate care and affordability of services for different socio-economic groups with TB symptoms in rural China.
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  Bangladesh: NGO and public sector tuberculosis service delivery – rapid assessment results

  Quality Assurance Project, 2004

  This paper by the Quality Assurance Project presents the results of a rapid assessment of the Bangladesh service delivery system for TB-DOTS (directly observed treatment for tuberculosis).
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  Diagnostic and treatment delay among pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

  BioMed Central Infectious Diseases, 2005

  This study, published in BMC Infectious Diseases, examines the reasons why there is often a delay in receiving treatment in tuberculosis (TB) in Ethiopia. It notes that delayed diagnosis and treatment of TB results in severe disease and a greater likelihood of the patient dying. Amongst the patients studied, there was typically a delay of 80 days before the patient received treatment.
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  Efforts underway to stem "brain drain" of doctors and nurses

  Bulletin of the World Health Organization : the International Journal of Public Health, 2005

  This report from the World Health Organization (WHO) outlines actions that are being taken to combat the problem of developing countries losing healthcare professionals through migration to wealthier countries.
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  The Global Plan to Stop TB 2006-2015

  Stop TB Partnership, 2006

  This document, produced by the Stop TB Partnership, assesses the action and resources needed to make an impact on the global burden of tuberculosis (TB). It describes the main achievements in global TB control since 2000, the TB situation today, and the challenges that lie ahead.
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  Time for action on TB communication

  Panos Institute, London, 2005

  This briefing, published by Panos, argues that communication needs to be placed centrally on the tuberculosis (TB) agenda. It notes that, whilst many logistical and medical components of the global response to TB are relatively robust, the communication part is lacking.
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  Editorial: the Global Fund at three years – flying in crowded air space

  Tropical Medicine & International Health, 2005

  This Tropical Medicine and International Health editorial outlines the issues surrounding the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria between 2002 and 2005, and looks at the challenges it will have to face in future.

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