Brussels, 16/10/2006 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 10 October, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), WHO, the Red Cross and the Red Crescent and some 20 other organisations launched an appeal to the governments of the European Union to strengthen their fight against multi-drug resistant tuberculosis. The call follows an alarming rise in the number of cases of multi-drug resistant TB on the very doorstep of the EU. Every year around 450,000 people contract TB in...