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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9785

19 November 2008
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/health
MSF accuses EU of neglecting TB research

Brussels, 18/11/2008 (Agence Europe) - In a report published on 12 November, Médecins sans Frontières (MSF) is critical of the low level of Community and national funding for research into tuberculosis (TB), when there is a global epidemic that claims 1.7 million lives a year. MSF says that €1.45 billion needs to be spent on research into this disease, and that €409 million would be a fair contribution from the EU. In 2007, the European Commission devoted a mere €18.7 million to TB...

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