Cambodia Cited By WHO as TB Success Story

In its 2012 Global Tuberculosis Report, the World Health Organization (WHO) cited Cambodia as one of the world's great success stories in the reduction of TB infection rates over the past decade. WHO reported a 45% drop in TB prevalence in Cambodia between 2002 and 2011, a significant accomplishment for this country which is among 22 in the world with a high burden of this disease.

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Anne Goldfeld Featured on National Public Radio
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 WBUR, Boston's National Public Radio affiliate, recently featured GHC President and Co-founder Dr. Anne Goldfeld on its daily news digest Morning Edition. Dr Goldfeld's work was profiled in the ongoing series, "Visionaries," where WBUR profiles individuals from Greater Boston who have become acclaimed creative leaders in diverse fields: science, business and the arts.
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Ethiopia Program Update: 600+ Patients Initiated on Multi-drug Resistant-TB Therapy
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt visit St Peter's Hospital and the GHC multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) isolation ward in 2010.
The year 2012 marked a significant milestone for the Global Health Committee (GHC) in Ethiopia as 607 patients have been initiated on lifesaving therapy for Multi-drug Resistant TB (MDR-TB) since the program began in 2009. GHC initiated the countrywide program for MDR-TB in Addis Ababa at St Peter's Hospital in 2009, and in Gondar at the Gondar University Hospital in 2010 in partnership with the Ethiopian Ministry of Health, using approaches developed in Cambodia in this remarkable program which has extremely high adherence rates and low mortality in the very sick population of patients.
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