http://www.rxpgnews.com/ Medical News and Information Thu, 25 Oct 2007 07:48:36 PST en-us http://www.rxpgnews.com/southafrica/XDR-TB-in-South-Africa-traced-to-lack-of-drug-susceptibility-testing_70482.shtml South Africa In South Africa, the 2001 implementation of the World Health Organization�s anti-tuberculosis program may have inadvertently helped to create a new strain of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR TB). In a new study published in the December 1 issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases, currently available online, researchers tracked the developing drug resistance of one particular strain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis over 12 years. They found that at the time of the 2001 adoption of the DOT+ strategy for multi-drug resistant strains, the strain was already resistant to one or more of the drugs mandated by that strategy, thus allowing the strain to survive and develop resistance to additional drugs. Mon, 22 Oct 2007 04:00:00 PST http://www.rxpgnews.com/southafrica/XDR-TB-in-South-Africa-traced-to-lack-of-drug-susceptibility-testing_70482.shtml http://www.rxpgnews.com/southafrica/Training_Local_Health_Workers_Improves_TB_Control__2579_2579.shtml South Africa Educational outreach training for health workers improves the quality of tuberculosis care and control without requiring extra staff, finds a study from South Africa in recent BMJ. Thu, 06 Oct 2005 21:48:00 PST http://www.rxpgnews.com/southafrica/Training_Local_Health_Workers_Improves_TB_Control__2579_2579.shtml http://www.rxpgnews.com/southafrica/The_National_Polio_Eradication_Awareness_Week_1030_1030.shtml South Africa The Department of Health in South Africa will be observing the National Polio Eradication Week from Monday 4 April to Sunday 10 April 2005 as part of the Health Month campaign that is focusing specifically on maternal and child health care in the country. Fri, 08 Apr 2005 03:46:00 PST http://www.rxpgnews.com/southafrica/The_National_Polio_Eradication_Awareness_Week_1030_1030.shtml