Investing in strategies to reverse the global incidence of TB / / Clead authors, Jaap Broekmans, Karen Caines, Joan E. Paluzzi

• Autore: Broekmans Jaap
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; Sterling, Va. : , : Earthscan, , 2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (169 p.)
• Disciplina: 614.542
• Soggetto topico: Tuberculosis - Prevention - International cooperation; Tuberculosis - Developing countries - Prevention
• Altri autori: CainesKaren PaluzziJoan E
• Note generali: "Achieving the Millennium Development Goals"--Cover.; "UN Millennium Project.Task Force on HIV/AIDS, Malaria, TB, and Access to Essential Medicines, Working Group on TB 2005."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [145]-151).
• Nota di contenuto: Investing in strategies to reverse the global incidence of TB; Copyright; Foreword; Contents; Task force members; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Millennium Development Goals; Executive summary; Chapter 1 The emergency of tuberculosis; The DOTS strategy to control tuberculosis; The need for modern tools: diagnostics, drugs, and vaccines; The Millennium Development Goals; The UN Millennium Project Working Group on TB and the Stop TB Partnership; Recommendations; Chapter 2 The global tuberculosis epidemic and tuberculosis control; Global achievements ; Overview of the tuberculosis epidemicOverview of global tuberculosis control; Tuberculosis and HIV; Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis; Summary findings and conclusions; Chapter 3 Poverty, gender, children, and tuberculosis; Poverty fosters tuberculosis; Tuberculosis fosters poverty; Tuberculosis and gender; Tuberculosis and children; Chapter 4 Moving forward to achieve the Millennium Development Goals target for tuberculosis; Key intersections with other UN Millennium Project task forces; Solutions to constraints to improved tuberculosis control ; Recommendation 1: ensure access for all to high-quality tuberculosis careRecommendation 2: address the TB/HIV emergency now; Recommendation 3: engage all primary care providers in high-quality TB care; Recommendation 4: parter with communities to stop tuberculosis; Recommendation 5: stop the spread of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis; Recommendation 6: accelerate the development of critically needed new tools; Recommendation 7: support the Global Plan to Stop TB; Chapter 5 Financing needs; Why more resources are needed; Estimate of general health system requirements; Recommendations ; Chapter 6 Meeting the target in UN Millennium Project pilot countriesUN Millennium Project pilot country case studies; Meeting the tuberculosis target in Kenya; Meeting the tuberculosis target in other UN Millennium Project pilot countries: Cambodia, the Dominican Republic, and Ethiopia; Conclusion; Appendix 1 World HEalth Organization recommendations for implementing the DOTS strategy and its adaptation; Appendix 2 Meeting the Millennium Development Goals target in Kenya; Appendix 3 Tuberculosis and poverty in Cambodia; Appendix 4 Tuberculosis and poverty in the Dominican Republic ; Appendix 5 Tuberculosis in EthiopiaAppendix 6 Private-public partnerships for new tuberculosis diagnostics, drugs, and vaccines: Aeras, FIND, and the Global Alliance for TB Drug Development; Appendix 7 Summary of background paper on a two-month drug regimen; Appendix 8 Full list of recommendations from the UN Millennium Project Working Group on TB; Notes; References
• Sommario/riassunto: The Millennium Development Goals, adopted at the UN Millennium Summit in 2000, are the world's targets for dramatically reducing extreme poverty in its many dimensions by 2015?income poverty, hunger, disease, exclusion, lack of infrastructure and shelter?while promoting gender equality, education, health and environmental sustainability. These bold goals can be met in all parts of the world if nations follow through on their commitments to work together to meet them. Achieving the Millennium Development Goals offers the prospect of a more secure, just, and prosperous world for all. The UN Mi
• Titolo autorizzato: Investing in strategies to reverse the global incidence of TB
• ISBN: 1-136-55028-3; 1-280-47539-0; 9786610475391; 1-84977-354-8; 600-00-0097-9; 1-4237-0874-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910783530803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II