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Cost, Affordability and Cost-Effectiveness of Strategies to Control Tuberculosis in Countries With High HIV Prevalence

The HIV epidemic has caused a dramatic increase in Tuberculosis TB in East and southern Africa. Several strategies have the potential to reduce the burden of TB in high HIV prevalence settings, and cost and cost-effectiveness analyses can help to prioritize them when budget constraints exist. However, published cost and...

Tags: BioMed Central, Burden, Affordability, HIV, HIV Epidemic, TB, Strategy, Management

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SimpleTech Pumps Up Pro Drive External Storage Family

Fabrik's SimpleTech Pro Drive and Duo Pro Drive with RAID 0/1 Now Ship with a Quad Interface (eSATA, FireWire 800, FireWire 400 and USB 2.0), a Reinforced Design and Higher Capacities, Giving You Speed, Reliability and Simplicity SAN MATEO and SANTA ANA, Calif., Sept. 29 /PRNewswire/ --...

Articles 2008-09-29

N-Viro International Corporation and Michigan State University Extend Term Sheet for Development Of Patented N-Viro™ Fuel Facility at T.B. Simon Power Plant

TOLEDO, Sept. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- N-Viro International Corporation, (BULLETIN BOARD: NVIC) , an environmental and materials handling company that owns patented technologies that convert various types of waste into the renewable biofuel N-Viro FuelTM, and Michigan State University, have agreed to extend their existing term sheet agreement through...

Articles 2008-09-26

Clinton Global Initiative Announces BD's Commitment to Biamba Marie Mutombo Hospital

BD collaborates with Dikembe Mutombo Foundation to improve healthcare system in the Democratic Republic of the Congo NEW YORK, Sept. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Clinton Global Initiative recognized BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) , a leading global medical technology company, for its commitment to the Dikembe Mutombo...

Articles 2008-09-25

Zettabyte Storage Redefines Terabyte Class Data Backup

The Zettabits Datacenter Edition combines high performance NAS with automatic offsite backup, providing companies with enterprise class data management technologies using innovative storage-as-a-service pricing. LOMPOC, Calif., Sept. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Zettabyte Storage ZBS continues to expand its integrated data management solutions with the announcement of the Zettabits...

Articles 2008-09-24

Results on Efficacy of Medical Acoustics' Lung Flute® to be Presented at European Respiratory Society Congress

* Dr. Fujita of Tokyo Metropolitan Fuchu Hospital to report results * Study found Lung Flute([R]) effective in diagnosis of TB BUFFALO -- Medical Acoustics LLC, a commercial-stage medical device company which employs acoustic technologies for diagnostic and therapeutic medical applications, today announced that the tuberculosis...

Articles 2008-09-22

Scaling Up the Global Nursing Workforce to Fight Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis

International Council of Nurses ICN and Lilly Combine Efforts to Fight MDR-TB GENEVA and NEW YORK, Sept. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- The International Council of Nurses ICN and Eli Lilly and Company Lilly announced today a dramatic scale-up in their partnership to support nurses in the global fight...

Articles 2008-09-22

Extreme Networks adds BlackDiamond 20808 metro ethernet transport switch to portfolio

TELECOMWORLDWIRE-22 September 2008-Extreme Networks adds BlackDiamond 20808 metro ethernet transport switch to portfolioC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com Extreme Networks Inc (Nasdaq:EXTR), a convergent network equipment supplier, announced on 22 September the introduction of the BlackDiamond 20808 metro ethernet transport switch to its service provider product portfolio. ...

Articles 2008-09-22

SGI and Oracle Expand Reach of Oracle® Optimized Warehouse Initiative to More Enterprises

SGI Unveils New OracleR Optimized Data Warehouse SUNNYVALE, Calif. and REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., Sept. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SGI and Oracle today announced a new Oracle Optimized Warehouse based on SGIR servers, supercomputers and storage solutions optimized for the world's most popular database. SGI and...

Articles 2008-09-22

Big Mal by David Tossell

Book of the Week The fedora, the sheepskin, the cigar - Malcolm Allison was instantly recognisable in his heyday, but his flamboyant persona tended to obscure his undoubted genius as a football coach. As West Ham's captain in the Fifties he had effectively taken control of...

Articles 2008-09-21

Today's TV game

No.22 West Virginia (1-1) at Colorado (2-0) Time/TV: 8:30 p.m. ET/ESPN. Surface: Grass. Sheridan's line: West Virginia by 3. Sagarin difference: WestVirginia by 5.23. Uncertainty is the theme. The Mountaineers see their first action since being blasted by East Carolina;...

Articles 2008-09-18

Imation Launches New Apollo™ External Hard Drive Products

Innovative Apollo Expert and Pro external hard drives deliver portability, connectivity and leading edge capacities up to 1.5 TB for digitally-driven users NEW YORK, Sept. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- HOLIDAY SPECTACULAR! -- Imation Corp. today announced two new products in its ApolloTM family of external hard drives...

Articles 2008-09-18

U.S. Barred 33 TB-Infected People From Flying Over Past Year

Thirty-three would-be air travelers with suspected or confirmed infectious tuberculosis were placed on the U.S. government's public health "Do Not Board" list in the first year of its existence, a federal report released Thursday showed. Authorized under the Aviation and Transportation Security Act of 2001, the list was instituted on...

Articles 2008-09-18

Spatial analysis of tuberculosis cases in migrants and permanent residents, Beijing, 2000-2006

To determine the role of the migrant population in the transmission of tuberculosis TB, we investigated the distribution and magnitude of TB in permanent residents and migrant populations of Beijing, People's Republic of China, from 2000 through 2006. An exploratory spatial data analysis was applied to detect the "hot spots"...

Articles 2008-09-01

Buffalo Gives Iphone Anytime, Anywhere Access To Movies/Music

Buffalo Technology, Austin, Texas, a global leader in the design, development and manufacturing of wired and wireless networking, storage and memory solutions has announced a new capability to its LinkStation Mini's Web Access feature, which gives Appler iPhone users an easy and convenient way to stream their digital content to...

Articles 2008-09-01

Underreported threat of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Africa

Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis MDR TB in Africa may be more prevalent than previously appreciated. Factors leading to development of drug resistance need to be understood to develop appropriate control strategies for national programs. We gathered estimates of MDR TB rates for 39 of 46 countries in Africa. The relationship between MDR...

Articles 2008-09-01

Diagnostic challenges of central nervous system tuberculosis

Central nervous system tuberculosis TB was identified in 20 cases of unexplained encephalitis referred to the California Encephalitis Project. Atypical features (encephalitic symptoms, rapid onset, age) and diagnostic challenges (insensitive cerebrospinal fluid [CSF] TB PCR result, elevated CSF glucose levels in patients with diabetes, negative result for tuberculin skin test)...

Articles 2008-09-01

Crack cocaine and infectious tuberculosis

We hypothesize that crack cocaine is independently associated with smear-positive tuberculosis TB. In a case-control study of TB in London, 19 (86%) of 22 crack cocaine users with pulmonary TB were smear positive compared with 302 (36%) of 833 non-drug users. Respiratory damage caused by crack cocaine may predispose drug...

Articles 2008-09-01

Irish blast EU criticism of bovine TB controls

Fears have been raised over the safety of Irish beef for human consumption following the publication of a damning EU report on bovine TB. The report, prepared by the EU Food and Veterinary Office FVO, claimed that while the eradication campaign was generally in compliance with EU legislation,...

Articles 2008-08-30

TB Alliance Appoints First Chief Administrative Officer

Healthcare Executive Colleen Pero to Guide Growth of World's Leading TB Drug Development Organization NEW YORK -- The Global Alliance for TB Drug Development TB Alliance, a not-for-profit product development partnership accelerating the discovery and development of new drugs to fight tuberculosis TB, today announced the appointment of...

Articles 2008-08-27