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WASHINGTON’€” A novel approach to discover the first new tuberculosis (TB) combination drug regimen cleared a major hurdle when Phase II clinical trial results found it could kill more than 99 percent of patients’ TB bacteria within two weeks and could be more effective than existing treatments, according to a study published today in the Lancet. These results add to a growing body of evidence that the new regimen could reduce treatment by more than a year for some patients.
WASHINGTON DC, 23 July 2012 (PLUSNEWS) – Fewer babies are being born HIV-positive, but treatment for the more than three million children living with HIV remains under-researched and underfunded. As part of efforts to boost access to paediatric HIV treatment, researchers are getting creative, moving to better pills, kid-friendly treatment “sprinkles”, micro-tabs and even medicine-dispensing pacifiers.
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Deputy President, Kgalema Motlanthe addressed the delegates at the opening of the XIX International AIDS Conference in Washington. Read it here.
Researchers have identified various successful and promising interventions from around the world that could be used to improve opportunities for regular physical activity and encourage more people to be physically active.
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Information and communication technologies, especially mobile phones, could be an effective way of encouraging millions of people worldwide to become more physically active.
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The high prevalence, global reach, and colossal harms of physical inactivity means it should be recognised as pandemic, according to a paper in The Lancet.
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With the world’€™s biggest sporting showcase kicking off in London Friday, researchers are warning that physical inactivity has become a contributor to the burden of disease similar to tobacco smoking or obesity, responsible for 5,3 million of the 57 million deaths that occurred globally in 2008.
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Worldwide, around a third of adults (about 1,5 billion people) and four out of five adolescents are failing to do the recommended amount of physical activity, placing them at a 20 to 30 percent greater risk of heart disease, diabetes, and some types of cancer.
An international team of researchers examined the current understanding of why some people are more physically active than others.
The People’s Health Movement South Africa issued a statement and call to action at its first national health assembly (NHA) which preceded the Global People ¹s Health Assembly held in Cape Town earlier this month.
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria announced new results today that show a significant increase in treatment of HIV and in the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV.
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A TB drug combination that killed 99 percent of patients’€™ bacteria in two weeks could cure TB in record time and cut treatment costs by 90 percent.