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| Dennis FalzonSummaryAffiliation: World Health Organization Country: Switzerland Publications
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Giving a voice to those who die young: the fatal impact of tuberculosis and HIV in South AfricaDennis Falzon
Stop TB Department, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
Future Microbiol 5:1641-3. 2010..The investigative methodology used by the authors could be more widely applied to advocate for lifesaving measures in other settings sharing similar epidemiological challenges...
WHO guidelines for the programmatic management of drug-resistant tuberculosis: 2011 updateD Falzon
Stop TB Dept, World Health Organization, Geneva 27, Switzerland
Eur Respir J 38:516-28. 2011..Controlled trials are needed to improve the quality of existing evidence, particularly on the optimal composition and duration of MDR-TB treatment regimens...
Surveillance of anti-tuberculosis drug resistance in the world: an updated analysis, 2007-2010Matteo Zignol
Stop TB Department, World Health Organization, 20 Avenue Appia, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland
Bull World Health Organ 90:111-119D. 2012..To present a global update of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) and explore trends in 1994-2010...
Epidemiology of antituberculosis drug resistance 2002-07: an updated analysis of the Global Project on Anti-Tuberculosis Drug Resistance SurveillanceAbigail Wright
Stop TB Department, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland
Lancet 373:1861-73. 2009..The Global Project on Anti-Tuberculosis Drug Resistance has been gathering data since 1994. This study provides the latest data on the extent of drug resistance worldwide...
Global epidemiology of tuberculosisPhilippe Glaziou
Stop TB Department STB, HIV AIDS, TB, Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases Cluster HTM, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
Semin Respir Crit Care Med 34:3-16. 2013....
WHO guidance on electronic systems to manage data for tuberculosis care and controlHazim Timimi
Stop TB Department, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
J Am Med Inform Assoc 19:939-41. 2012..The guide uses examples from eHealth projects recently implemented in Brazil, China, Pakistan and other settings to illustrate how projects in diverse settings have overcome different challenges...
Modernizing surveillance of antituberculosis drug resistance: from special surveys to routine testingMatteo Zignol
Stop TB Department, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
Clin Infect Dis 52:901-6. 2011..Routine surveillance linked to patient care, which represents the best approach to monitor drug resistance, now has the possibility of becoming a reality even in resource-limited countries...
