E-DRUG: Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) launches report on paediatric TB
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OUT OF THE DARK: Meeting the Needs of Children with TB
Children with tuberculosis (TB) are largely neglected in national
treatment programmes. There have been no recent advances in the tools to
diagnose and treat paediatric TB, which are far from adequate to address
the needs of children. Research and development is urgently needed for
appropriate child-friendly preparations of drugs, and for tests that
improve and simplify TB diagnosis in children. But until better tools
become available, much can be done with those that exist to improve the
management of TB in children.
In a new report, Medecins Sans Frontieres pushes back against the neglect
of children with TB, urging for paediatric TB to be brought OUT OF THE
DARK, and for treatment providers to make most use of existing diagnostic
tests and treatments. Looking at the tools and strategies available
today, as well as those in the immediate pipeline, the report provides an
overview of paediatric TB diagnostic tools, treatments and prevention
methods, and points to what can be done to fill critical gaps.
To read MSF's report:
http://www.msfaccess.org/content/out-dark-meeting-needs-of-children-with-TB
Kind regards,
Michelle Vilk
Coordination and Communications Assistant
Medecins Sans Frontieres
Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines
Rue de Lausanne 78
1211 Geneva, Switzerland
Tel: + 41(0) 22 849 89 02
Fax: + 41 (0) 22 849 84 04
michelle.vilk@geneva.msf.org