WMA Supports World Health Organisation's Warnings On Tuberculosis
The World Medical Association, which represents more than eight
million doctors worldwide, today supported the WHO's warnings about
the spread of tuberculosis.
The WMA's 77 national medical association members recently adopted
a new statement warning that TB was becoming an increasing cause
of morbidity and mortality worldwide.
The WMA declared: 'While many patients with TB are not diagnosed,
others are not treated effectively. There are many contributory
reasons, including poor prescribing by doctors and poor patient
compliance with treatment. TB is also a major threat to the health
of HIV-positive persons and an increasingly common cause of death
of persons with AIDs'.
The WMA is urging all its members to support the WHO in promoting
more effecrtive management of TB.
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