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World Health Organization. Regional Office for South-East Asia
The Xpert MTB/RIF assay is platform technology that has the potential for being used for screening for infectious and non-infectious diseases including HIV, malaria and detection of HPV for cervical cancer. The TB platform was completed in 2009 and is considered an important brea…
World Health Organization. Regional Office for South-East Asia
The World Health Organization's South-East Asia (SEA) Region has the highest burden of tuberculosis in the world. Appreciable progress has been made with TB control using the DOTS strategy, and several countries in the Region have reached the global targets. Renewed emphasis has …
World Health Organization. Regional Office for South-East Asia
The World Health Organization's South-East Asia (SEA) Region has the highest burden of tuberculosis in the world. Appreciable progress has been made with TB control using the DOTS strategy, and several countries in the Region have reached the global targets. Renewed emphasis has …
World Health Organization. Regional Office for South-East Asia
… drug susceptibility testing andthrough deploying the newer diagnostics now available is a critical prerequisitefor managing as well as monitoring trends in drug-resistant TB. The workshop on Strengthening Laboratory Diagnosis ofMultidrug and Extensively Drug-Resistant TB was org…
World Health Organization. Regional Office for South-East Asia
…human and financial resources, increase access to drugs and diagnostics, adopt a more professional approach to PPM DOTS, the need to document the contribution of TB services to health systems strengthening and their impact on the burden of disease in the Region. The key messages …