Help us save Tibetans by curing tuberculosis. http://breathefreetibet.org Help save an ancient culture in danger of extinction. Tue, 17 Apr 2012 22:07:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 TB Conference for Tibetan Health Care Workers Highlights Challenges and Achievements http://breathefreetibet.org/2012/04/tb-conference-for-tibetan-health-care-workers-highlights-challenges-and-achievements/ http://breathefreetibet.org/2012/04/tb-conference-for-tibetan-health-care-workers-highlights-challenges-and-achievements/#comments Tue, 17 Apr 2012 22:03:42 +0000 BreatheFreeTibet http://breathefreetibet.org/?p=203

Laboratory staff at the Tibetan Delek Hospital in Dharamsala and their new GeneXpert TB machine (below), which can diagnose TB and MDR TB in 90 minutes

The Johns Hopkins-supported Tibetan TB Control Program recently hosted a highly successful conference on TB Control in the Tibetan Population in India, providing state-of-the-art training to more than 50 Tibetan doctors and nurses. The program was hosted by the Tibetan Delek Hospital and Central Tibetan Administration Department of Health (CTA DOH), with support from the Johns Hopkins University Center for TB Research and the Italian Association for Solidarity Among People (AISPO). The conference was held from 3-6 April 2012 in Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, India, and was led by Dr. Kunchok Dorjee of the Tibetan TB Control Program at Delek Hospital. National and international guests included Dr. Ashok Kumar (India Central TB Division), Dr. AN Sreenivas (WHO), Dr. Tsering Wangchuk (Health Minister, CTA DOH), Dr. Richard Chaisson (Johns Hopkins Center for TB Research), and Dr. Daniela Cirillo (San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Italy).

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Is it possible to save the millions of people who die from TB?
by Michael Specter

LETTER FROM INDIA about the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis. Vaccines and antibiotics have long been seen as touchstones of medical progress. To stop tuberculosis, however, particularly in the developing world, an accurate diagnostic exam would be just as valuable.

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“A new automated test for drug-resistant tuberculosis gives accurate results in two hours instead of four to eight weeks, scientists said last week, and public health officials greeted the news enthusiastically, saying it could greatly speed up diagnosis.”

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