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All out effort vital to control TB

Edit Deccan Herald 01 Apr 2016
On World Tuberculosis Day this year, I kept asking myself, ‘to be or not to be?’ We are all too familiar with this quote from Shakespeare’s play Hamlet. Probably, I should not have begun on such a low note ... ‘Unite to End TB’ ... Each year, we commemorate the World TB Day on March 24 which recognises Dr Robert Koch’s discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in 1882 ... ....

The Ohio State University announces spring commencement speaker (The Ohio State University)

Edit Public Technologies 31 Mar 2016
(Source. The Ohio State University) ... Dr. Anthony S ... Fauci has served since 1984 as director of the NIAID ... Drake. 'Dr ... Dr ... degree from Cornell University Medical College ... Kober Medal of the Association of American Physicians, the Mary Woodard Lasker Award for Public Service, the Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine and Biomedical Research, the Robert Koch Gold Medal, the Prince Mahidol Award and the Canada Gairdner Global Health Award....

High-school students get hands-on experience with tuberculosis research (Colorado State University)

Edit Public Technologies 25 Mar 2016
(Source. Colorado State University). Real-world research. The World TB Day open house at CSU's Research Innovation Center gave high school students a chance to look through microscopes at tuberculosis bacteria ... World TB Day ... Robert Koch's discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis as the cause of TB on March 24, 1882. Koch was a German physician known as the founder of modern bacteriology; he won a Nobel Prize for his work ... Why Colorado?....

‘Unite to End TB’ - theme chosen for World TB day 2016 by the World ...

Edit The Malta Independent 25 Mar 2016
'Unite to End TB' is the theme chosen for World TB day 2016 by the World Health Organization ... The theme of the seminar was "Towards Tuberculosis Elimination". World Tuberculosis Day is held each year on 24th March, which is the date when, in 1882, Robert Koch astounded the scientific community by announcing his discovery of the cause of tuberculosis (TB), the TB bacillus ... These include ... ....

TB control in India – a long way to go

Edit Indian Express 25 Mar 2016
The discovery of a tiny bacillus namely, mycobacterium tuberculosis as a causative agent for TB, by the famous German Scientist Robert Koch in 1882 not only demystified the disease but also laid the scientific foundation for developing precise diagnostic methods and potent chemotherapeutic agents during last century which continue to remain the mainstay of the treatment even today....

World TB Day 2016 (CDC - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Edit Public Technologies 25 Mar 2016
(Source. CDC - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). World TB Day is a time to reflect on the progress that has been made toward TB elimination, as well as the challenges that lie ahead ... The reasons for this leveling in TB rates are not yet known. Further evaluation of available data is required to understand the causes of this trend ... Robert Koch announced his discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacillus that causes TB....

World Tuberculosis Day - Unite to End TB (Allianz Worldwide Care)

Edit Public Technologies 24 Mar 2016
(Source. Allianz Worldwide Care). By Allianz Worldwide Care. March 24, 2016 ... World TB day commemorates the date in 1882 when Dr Robert Koch announced that he had discovered the cause of tuberculosis, the TB bacillus. At the time of Koch's announcement in Berlin, TB was raging through Europe and the Americas, causing the death of one out of every seven people. Koch's discovery opened the way towards diagnosing and curing TB ... What is TB....

TB still a major international killer (The University of Queensland)

Edit Public Technologies 24 Mar 2016
(Source. The University of Queensland). Tuberculosis. Many Australians believe it was eradicated years ago - but the grim reality is that TB is still a major world-wide killer, responsible for 1.5 million deaths a year ... And one in three people globally is infected with TB ... World Tuberculosis Day marks the 1882 announcement of Dr Robert Koch's discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Media. Dr Nick West, n.west@uq.edu.au, +61 7 3365 4093....

A New Method Of Viewing Tuberculosis Bacteria (Texas A&M; University)

Edit Public Technologies 24 Mar 2016
(Source. Texas A&M; University) ... Every March 24, on World TB Day, the global health community recognizes the work of Robert Koch, who announced on that date in 1882 his discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacteria that causes TB. TB is generally a curable disease-but first it must be diagnosed, and that has been one of the biggest barriers in its elimination. M ... The slow growth of M ... 'Since M ... 'Our methods allow this.' ... (noodl....

World Tuberculosis Day - 24 March 2016 (ECDC - European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control)

Edit Public Technologies 24 Mar 2016
(Source ... The World Health Organization (WHO) launched the first World Tuberculosis Day on 24 March 1982, one hundred years after Dr Robert Koch announced the discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacteria that cause TB. To mark World Tuberculosis Day this year, ECDC has released a series of materials (see below), mainly around the latest surveillance data and interventions addressing vulnerable groups ... Access the tool ... Marieke J....

Department Recognizes March 24 as World TB Day (State of New Jersey Department of Health)

Edit Public Technologies 24 Mar 2016
(Source. State of New Jersey Department of Health). With the rate of active tuberculosis beginning to level off nationally, Acting Health Commissioner Cathleen D ... 'Last year, 326 New Jersey residents were diagnosed with active TB. This represents a 66.8 percent decrease in cases since TB peaked in New Jersey in 1992, when there were 982 cases,' Acting Commissioner Bennett said ... Robert Koch discovered the bacteria that causes TB ... About TB....

NIH Statement on World Tuberculosis Day

Edit Huffington Post 24 Mar 2016
Authored by Christine F. Sizemore, Ph.D., Richard Hafner, M.D., and Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases National Institutes of Health ... March 24 marks the day in 1882 when German microbiologist Robert Koch announced he had discovered Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the bacterium that causes TB--an airborne disease that most often attacks the lungs ... Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., is the director of NIAID ... ....

NIH statement on World Tuberculosis Day 2016 (NIH - National Institutes of Health)

Edit Public Technologies 24 Mar 2016
(Source. NIH - National Institutes of Health). News Release. Thursday, March 24, 2016 ... March 24 marks the day in 1882 when German microbiologist Robert Koch announced he had discovered Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the bacterium that causes TB - an airborne disease that most often attacks the lungs ... Despite recent advances, TB remains one of the world's deadliest diseases. TB incidence worldwide has declined 18 percent since 2000 ... ###....
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