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Eli Lilly to Help Train Doctors on Drug-Resistant TB
May 13, 2008
By Laura MacInnis
U.S. pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly will donate $1 million to train doctors treating tuberculosis (TB), a disease that infects 9 million people every year and kills nearly 2 million.
The interactive online course is meant as a refresher for physicians on the best ways to diagnose, prevent and treat the respiratory infection that spreads through coughs and sneezes and can be especially deadly for people with HIV or AIDS.
"This will allow more physicians around the world to acquire the basic knowledge on standard TB management at a time when there is a resurgence of the epidemic," Eli Lilly said in a joint statement with the World Medical Association.
For full article, visit:
http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSL1346000120080513
category: News from Other Sources : General Health News
contributed by Liza Nanni on 13 May 2008
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