Tag: World TB Day

Celebrating World TB Day: Private Donations Pave Way for Progress on Multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis in Mali

by Yanis Ben Amor | 3.23.2011 at 11:05am

To celebrate World Tuberculosis Day, the Earth Institute has linked with Becton Dickinson to improve the diagnosis of the disease in regions where it is needed most.

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Category> Global Health   Tags> Mali, Millennium Villages, Tuberculosis, World TB Day

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