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STOP TB PARTNERSHIP RELEASES NEW RESEARCH AGENDA FOR Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis

WHO’s 2008 fourth annual report on “Anti-Tuberculosis Drug Resistance in the World”, reported that all ten of the regions with the highest MDR-TB rates were in Eastern Europe. While pilot projects have demonstrated the efficacy of DOTS-Plus, massive scale-up is needed to mitigate this epidemic, which, according to the report, “threatens to derail 10 years of progress in TB control and HIV management”. However, a new publication from the Stop TB Partnership argues that a great deal of research remains to be done in order to make such a scale-up possible. In the five page article, the Stop TB Partnership Research Sub-Group of the Working Group on MDR-TB lays out a research agenda for five key areas: laboratory support, MDR-TB treatment strategies, programmatically relevant research, epidemiology of MDR-TB, and management of contacts of MDR-TB cases. The report includes specific research priorities, as well as recommendations for implementation of the agenda.

Find the full report here.

Featured Resources

Anti-Tuberculosis Drug Resistance in the World: Report No. 4. WHO's surveillance report on the state of drug resistance in 81 countries with a discussion of trends and challenges. (In English)
Luis Figo and the World Tuberculosis Cup. Educational comic book created for a contest run by the Stop TB Partnership. (In English)
Priorities for tuberculosis bacteriology services in low-income countries, 2007, 2nd ed. IUATLD's overview of the needed steps to improve tuberculosis laboratory services in low-income countries. (In English)
Second-line drug estimation tool. Excel spreadsheet created by the Green Light Committee Initiative of the WHO to calculate the cost and quantity of second-line drugs needed for programs depending on location, duration etc. (In English)

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