"I've transported people many times in my own car, " said Jon Warkentin, Tennessee's statewide tuberculosis-control officer.

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Ministers have given approval for a cull in two areas, Gloucestershire and west Somerset, as part of efforts to control bovine tuberculosis.

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Jennifer's HIV is now under control, her tuberculosis is cured and her cheeks are chubby.

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Through travel, diseases like malaria and tuberculosis, which were once under control in Europe could return there.

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Dr. KEN CASTRO (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention): Tuberculosis is a very slow-growing organism and that adds a layer of complexity.

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Mr Speaker was found to have a rare strain of tuberculosis, and the European Centre for Disease Control (ECDC) says the risk of contracting the drug-resistant disease is low.

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Partnerships with national governments and development partners, including, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, the World Bank Booster Program for Malaria Control, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and the UN Envoy for Malaria, which has mobilized thousands of partners with the goal of reaching the universal coverage of long lasting insecticide treated bed-nets by the end of this year, have made these successes possible.

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Relatively new diseases like AIDS get most of the attention, but ancient killers once thought to be under control are on the rise in sub-Saharan Africa, Asia and South America: malaria, tuberculosis, leishmaniasis (also known as dum-dum fever).

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