EU MUST DO MORE TO FIGHT TB RESURGENCE SAYS EU HEALTH COMMISSIONER
March 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Union (EU) health Commissioner is pressing EU member states to take more action against tuberculosis, which while still rare in Europe, is reasserting itself worldwide amidst special concern about treatment resistant strains. Markos Kyprianou said: "Though the overall prevalence of TB in the EU is among the lowest in the world, TB among vulnerable populations in the EU has increased." These include HIV/AIDS sufferers and immigrant groups, amongst whom more than half of sufferers are found. Said the Commissioner: "Targeting vulnerable ...
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