Tuberculosis - Policy, Law & Economics News

10 February 2012

07 Feb 2012

Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by the bacteria known as Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Transmission occurs through the airborne spread of infectious droplets. When an infectious...

27 Jan 2012

News this week

UPDATE

In the run-up to the African National Congress’ (ANC’s) June policy conference, the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) plans to lobby aggressively for a change to the current...

25 Jan 2012

Increased occurrence of disease in humans: Should we be concerned?

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

“They were undone, destroyed, after all of man's weapons and devices had failed, by the tiniest creatures that God in his wisdom put upon this earth.”(2) This quote from H.G Wells’ ‘War of...

24 Jan 2012

Intellectual property: Ownership for all

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

An enormous amount of intellectual energy has gone into the global response to HIV & AIDS over the past 30 years. The results have been visible in local, national, and international spheres at...

09 Dec 2011

HIV/AIDS and Human Insecurity in Southern Africa

INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES

Southern Africa joined the rest of the globe in celebrating World AIDS day on 1 December. According to a recent report from the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) while infection...

01 Dec 2011

New HIV/Aids plan unveiled

HIV/AIDS

President Jacob Zuma has launched the new National Strategic Plan (NSP) for HIV and Aids 2012 – 2016, which promises to do much more to tackle TB and issues of violence against women.

Cosatu: Statement by the Congress of South African Trade Unions, on World Aids Day (01/12/2011)

Statements

COSATU is responsible, leadership is responsible, members are responsible – getting to zero on non-discrimination is our responsibility.
As the world commemorates World AIDS day...

AU: Statement by Jean Ping, Chairperson of the African Union, commemorating World Aids Day (01/12/2011)

Statements

1. Today, December 1, marks yet another World AIDS Day. This Day was set aside by the United Nations General Assembly for member countries to reflect and take stock of their efforts at raising...

Topics on this page

Country South Africa Chad Libya Niger Nigeria Switzerland Botswana Democratic Republic Of Congo Lesotho Malawi Mozambique Swaziland Uganda United States Of America Zimbabwe Albania Algeria Argentina Azerbaijan Belarus Brazil Bulgaria Chile China Colombia Costa Rica Croatia Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Estonia Hungary India Indonesia Iraq Islamic Republic Of Iran Jordan Kazakhstan Latvia Lebanon Lithuania Malaysia Marshall Islands Mexico Micronesia Montenegro Morocco Namibia North Korea Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Republic Of Macedonia Romania Russia Serbia Sri Lanka Thailand Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Ukraine United States Uruguay Venezuela Tanzania Zambia	Industry Term Cancer Therapy Healthcare Oil And Gas Transport Electricity Explosives Industry Lobby Large Mining Groups Manufacturing Mineral Processing Mining Renewable-Energy Heavy Power Generation Plans Contaminated Food Medical Technology Transport Infrastructure Systems Anti-Retroviral Drug Technology Drug Maker Immune Systems Important Manufacturers Intellectual Energy Pharmaceutical Invention Pharmaceuticals Food Security HIV Prevention	Medical Condition Active TB Alcoholism Cancer Chronic Diseases Cough Diabetes Disease Fever HIV HIV Infection Infection Infectious Disease Infectious Droplets Infectious Person Coughs Infectious Tuberculosis Inflammation Initial Infection Latent Infection Latent TB Infection Less Extensive Disease M. Tuberculosis Malnutrition Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Persistent Cough Pulmonary And Extra-Pulmonary TB Silicosis Sneezes TB TB Infection Tuberculosis Tuberculosis Infection Undiagnosed Active TB Cuts Malaria Above-Mentioned Diseases African Diseases AIDS Airborne Diseases Both Diseases Certain Diseases Cholera Climate-Driven Diseases Common And Complex Human Diseases Common Diseases Communicable Diseases Contraction Diarrhoeal-Related Diseases Diseases Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Easier And More Likely Disease Easily Transmitted Diseases Epidemics Heart Disease Hereditary Disease Incredibly Infectious Nature Infections Infectious Ability Infectious Diseases Infectious Nature Influenza Less-Serious Diseases Most Prevalent Diseases Non-Communicable Disease Non-Communicable Diseases Numerous Diseases Obesity Person-To-Person Infection Person-To-Person Infections Prevalent Diseases Preventable Chronic Diseases Sexually Transmitted Disease Sexually Transmitted Diseases Smallpox Super Disease Usually Respiratory Diseases Vector-Borne Disease Chronic Health Systems Epidemic Meningococcal Disease Opportunistic Infections HIV Infections HIV/Aids HIV/AIDS Epidemics Sexually Transmitted Infections TB Infections HIV Epidemic HIV / AIDS	Medical Treatment Cancer Therapy Counselling Retreatment Antibiotics Chemotherapy Mass Vaccination Oral Rehydration Radiation Vaccinations Anti-Retroviral Therapy Antiretroviral Therapy Antiretroviral Treatment Male Circumcision	Product Isoniazid Pyrazinamide Semtex Food AIDS
Technology Treating Cancer Chemotherapy Radiation Anti-Retroviral Drug Technology Diagnostic Tests	City Bani Walid Davos Johannesburg Tripoli Alexandria Hoboken London Natal Oxford Czech Rep Salvador Slovak Rep New York ABUJA	Company BHP Billiton Explosives MANPADS Microsoft National Treasury Renewable-Energy Rio Tinto Statistics SA The World Bank Aurobindo Pharma Gilead Sciences MedChem Medicines Patent Pool	Continent Africa Asia Central America Latin America	Facility South African Institute Of Race Relations Wolfson Stadium
Natural Feature Sahara	Person Ahmed Kathrada Bill Gates Bono Bulelwa Boqwana Ian Martin Jacob Zuma Lucy Holborn Michel Kazatchkine Muammar Gaddafi Zwelinzima Vavi Animal Ecology Anna Cox God Lynne Altenroxel Miriam Mannack Sara Reardon Wayne Brazier William Heineman Annamarie Bindenagel Tina Rosenberg Barack Obama George W. Bush Kofi Annan Noxolo Kiviet Prudence Mabela	Movie War Of The Worlds	Published Medium The New York Times	Currency USD
Region Sub-Saharan Africa

News SA News Africa News International News	Case Law Constitutional Court Supreme Court of Appeal High Courts Magistrates Courts	Elections Election Schedule 2009 Election Schedule 2010 Election Schedule 2011 South African Local Government Elections 2011 Country Profiles	Legislation Acts Bills Documents for Public Comment Notices & Regulations Policy Documents Constitution	Polity Focus Multimedia Black Economic Empowerment Commercial Crime Competition Law Consumer Protection Environmental Law Immigration Law and Services Intellectual Property Labour and Employment Law Legal Education Mergers & Acquisitions New Companies Act Polity Year in Review Tax, Customs and Excise Advertising Info

Multimedia Podcasts Video	Legal Briefs Adams & Adams Bouwer Kobeli Morabe Bowman Gilfillan Cameron Cross Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr Labour Law Management Consulting Masephule Dinga Inc MDA Consulting Norton Rose Spoor and Fisher Tabacks Warburton Attorneys Webber Wentzel Werksmans	Recommendations Budget Information Speeches Statements Jobs History of Polity Website Legal Notice ANC Road to Manguang 2012	Opinion Multimedia Adam Habib Aubrey Matshiqi Chris Watters Global Account Hot Spot Insight Africa IDASA ISS Look South Polemics Real Economy SAIIA