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Facing the Reality of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in India - Challenges and Potential Solutions: Summary of a Joint Workshop by the Institute of Medicine, the Indian National Science Academy, and the Indian Council of Medical Research (Paperback)
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Facing the Reality of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in India - Challenges and Potential Solutions: Summary of a Joint Workshop by the Institute of Medicine, the Indian National Science Academy, and the Indian Council of Medical Research (Paperback)
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An estimated 8.8 million people fell ill with tuberculosis (TB) in
2010 and 1.4 million died from the disease. Although antibiotics to
treat TB were developed in the 1950s and are effective against a
majority of TB cases, resistance to these antibiotics has emerged
over the years, resulting in the growing spread of
multidrug-resistant (MDR) TB. Due to challenges in timely and
accurate diagnosis of drug-resistant TB, length and tolerability of
treatment regimens, and expense of second-line anti-TB drugs,
effectively controlling the disease requires complex public health
interventions. The IOM Forum on Drug Discovery, Development, and
Translation held three international workshops to gather
information from local experts around the world on the threat of
drug resistant TB and how the challenges it presents can be met.
Workshops were held in South Africa and Russia in 2010. The third
workshop was held April 18-19, 2011, in New Delhi, India, in
collaboration with the Indian National Science Academy and the
Indian Council of Medical Research. The aim of the workshop was to
highlight key challenges to controlling the spread of
drug-resistant strains of TB in India and to discuss strategies for
advancing and integrating local and international efforts to
prevent and treat drug-resistant TB. This document summarizes the
workshop. Table of Contents Front Matter 1 Introduction 2
Drug-Resistant TB in India 3 The Global Burden of Drug-Resistant TB
4 Preventing Transmission of Drug-Resistant TB 5 Detecting Drug
Resistance and Strengthening Laboratory Capacity 6 Addressing TB
and Drug-Resistant TB in Vulnerable Populations 7 Combating
Drug-Resistant TB Through PublicPrivate Collaboration and
Innovative Approaches 8 Confronting Challenges to the Supply Chain
for SecondLine Drugs 9 Creating a Blueprint for Action References
Appendix A: Workshop Agenda Appendix B: Summary of a Joint Meeting
of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases,
National Institutes of Health, and Indian Biomedical Research
Agencies, Held April 20-21, 2011, New Delhi, India Appendix C:
Participant Biographies
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