This new report on anti-tuberculosis (TB) drug resistance by the World Health Organization (WHO) updates “Anti-tuberculosis drug resistance in the world: Report No. 4” published by WHO in 2008. It summarizes the latest data and provides latest estimates of the global epidemic of multidrug and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (M/XDR-TB). For the first time, this report includes an assessment of the progress countries are making to diagnose and treat MDR-TB cases.
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2010
ID:
33590
- International Agencies
- Policy Makers
- TB
- Extensively Drug-Resistant TB (XDR TB)
- MDR TB