One source of information is the Scientific American Newsletter. They had a special issue on the uphill efforts to eradicate Tuberculosis. I am providing the links to the main article and some of the related articles. These fit directly with the focus of this blog and the Millennium Goal No. 6. Combat HIV/AIDS and other diseases. It has also been a topic of interest in My Pathways to New Paradigms. I wrote in that blog of having a great deal of confidence in addressing many of the problems we face today through technology and science. These are concrete examples of why. This is also the area in which I believe that business models can be the most value added. We are constantly looking for more economically efficient healthcare delivery systems in this country and it is a critical issue, but it takes on a far greater epidemic life and death perspective in developing countries. There is the additional challenge of taking on far more desperate circumstances with a greater deficit of resources.
In-Depth Report:
The Fight Against Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis
- What's the Rx for Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis? Hard Work--And Imagination
A rising star in public health is showing the world that the deadliest strains of tuberculosis can be treated anywhere - New Tactics in the Fight against Tuberculosis
The pandemic is growing in many places, and strains resistant to all existing drugs are emerging. To fight back, biologists are applying a host of cutting-edge drug development strategies - Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis in Russia
Merrill Goozner traveled to Siberia to find out if rising rates of MDR-TB in Russia can be curbed - Infected and Imprisoned: Tuberculosis in a Siberian Jail [Slide Show]
The plight of inmates with TB in Russia's Tomsk Province - Tuberculosis, The Unromantic Killer
- Tuberculosis has never stopped being one of the world's most lethal infections
- Ancient Bones Hold TB Clues
A team of Israeli, Palestinian and German scientists is analyzing DNA from human remains that date back to the ancient city of Jericho to try to understand more about the origins of tuberculosis
Global Health Equity From MIT World
Best Intentions Unintended Consequences
Barack Obama on Millennium Development Goals
Report for the World's efforts on MDGs: What we did last week
World Wide AIDS the Tragedy
