World TB Day 2015: new drugs, new methods, new guidance
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
World TB Day, which takes place each year on 24 March, is the event at which bodies like the World Health Organization and the Stop TB Partnership report on progress with efforts to fight TB and exhort governments, civil society groups, healthcare providers and others to speed up those efforts.
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