#83 In Cambodia, Improving TB Care
Cambodia has one of the highest tuberculosis burdens in the world, according to the WHO. TB and its drug-resistant forms can be extremely difficult to diagnose and treat, especially in resource-poor countries, where the disease takes advantage of immune systems weaken by malnutrition and HIV, and people have limited access to health care. MSF has been working to improve TB diagnosis, treatment, and training in southeastern city of Kampong Cham. (Source: MSF Podcasts)
Source: MSF Podcasts - March 23, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Source Type: podcasts
#73 Meet the first MSF patient to have recovered from XDR-TB
XDR-TB stands for extensive drug resistant tuberculosis. Drugs for TB have not been improved in four decades; they cause terrible side effects and require the patient to take numerous pills every day for between six months and three years. While one in five patients under treatment for moderately resistant strains of the disease do not survive, patients with extensively resistant cases, if they can get treatment at all, usually must rely on less effective and more toxic medicines, with lower success rates. For these reasons and others, Xoliswa Armans is a remarkable patient. (Source: MSF Podcasts)
Source: MSF Podcasts - December 23, 2010 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Source Type: podcasts
The Lancet: May 21, 2010
Audio from the launch of The Lancet Series on Tuberculosis. (Source: Listen to The Lancet)
Source: Listen to The Lancet - May 21, 2010 Category: General Medicine Authors: The Lancet Source Type: podcasts
MSF Frontline Reports - April 2008
Stories on an MSF study on predicting and responding to measles outbreaks in the West African nation of Niger, how a South African mother and her baby daughter fought to survive a deadly form of tuberculosis, and how thousands are still waiting for the promises of peace in southern Sudan. (Source: MSF Podcasts)
Source: MSF Podcasts - May 12, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Source Type: podcasts
MSF Frontline Reports August 2007
In this month's edition, you'll hear how MSF teams are confronting tuberculosis along the Thai-Burmese border and how epidemiological research is guiding some of MSF's most important humanitarian assistance programs. You can also hear firsthand accounts from people who have fled Colombia's civil war. Visit us at www.doctorswithoutborders.org or www.msf.org. (Source: MSF Podcasts)
Source: MSF Podcasts - August 27, 2007 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Source Type: podcasts
MSF Frontline Reports April 2007
In this month's edition, listen to stories on how MSF is treating multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in the former Soviet state of Georgia, responding to the latest outbreaks of violence in the central African nation of Chad, and assisting victims of violence in Nigeria's volatile Niger Delta region. Visit us at www.doctorswithoutborders.org or www.msf.org. (Source: MSF Podcasts)
Source: MSF Podcasts - May 7, 2007 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Source Type: podcasts
The Lancet: April 13, 2007
Dr Grace Smith from the Health Protection Agency West Midlands Public Health Laboratory in Birmingham, UK, discusses the research article in this week's issue showing how Bovine tuberculosis could spread by human-to-human contact. (Source: Listen to The Lancet)
Source: Listen to The Lancet - April 13, 2007 Category: General Medicine Authors: The Lancet Source Type: podcasts
The Lancet: March 23, 2007
March 24 is World Tuberculosis Day; in this week's podcast Dermot Maher from WHO and the STOP TB partnership detail the latest progress in global TB control efforts. (Source: Listen to The Lancet)
Source: Listen to The Lancet - March 23, 2007 Category: General Medicine Authors: The Lancet Source Type: podcasts
MSF Frontline Reports December 2006
In this edition, a story on the humanitarian situation in Darfur, Sudan, an interview with MSF's international council president on the war-torn region, and a report on the mounting human toll of drug-resistant tuberculosis. Visit us at www.doctorswithoutborders.org or www.msf.org. (Source: MSF Podcasts)
Source: MSF Podcasts - December 21, 2006 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Source Type: podcasts
MSF Frontline Reports November 2006
In this edition, a story on the humanitarian situation in Darfur, Sudan, an interview with MSF's international council president on the war-torn region, and a report on the mounting human toll of drug-resistant tuberculosis. Visit us at www.doctorswithoutborders.org or www.msf.org. (Source: MSF Podcasts)
Source: MSF Podcasts - November 20, 2006 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Source Type: podcasts
MSF Frontline Reports October 2006
Includes news about the surge of reported sexual violence cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo; MSF medical teams discuss the challenges of treating HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis in one of Kenya's largest slums; and how MSF is using new strategies to combat acute malnutrition in Niger. Visit us at www.doctorswithoutborders.org or www.msf.org. (Source: MSF Podcasts)
Source: MSF Podcasts - October 31, 2006 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Source Type: podcasts
