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David Banta, MD, MPH

JAMA. 2000;283:2375-2377.

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Amsterdam—The dire threat to public health posed by the continuing rise in tuberculosis (TB) worldwide led to the convening here in March of a Ministerial Conference on Tuberculosis and Sustainable Development. At the close of the conference, participants issued the "Amsterdam Declaration to Stop TB," a document that describes the magnitude and seriousness of the global epidemic and points toward the possibility of stemming it.

Members of the medical staff at a Siberian hospital examine chest x-rays of patients. (Photo credit: © Roger Job/MSF)

The conference was sponsored by the Stop TB Initiative, a partnership of organizations including the World Health Organization (WHO) and health policy officials from 20 countries that have a high TB burden, plus representatives of the major countries that support public health research and efforts worldwide. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Donna Shalala represented the United States. (More information . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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