Jennifer
Furin, an infectious health conditions physician and medical anthropologist who
focuses on the management of tuberculosis (TB) and HIV in resource-poor
configuration, writes within the post in the Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation's "Impatient Optimists" blog that "when it comes to
the grand advancements made in worldwide HIV and TB care, children are being
left behind."
She
continues, "All little ones with HIV and TB deserve admission to diagnosis
and therapy, and of course the death of even a single child from either of
these diseases signifies a worldwide failure. It's time to require that
pediatric formulations of TB and HIV treatments be developed." She notes
that StopTB.org will host a talk show on July 22nd that includes
women and adolescents who have been influenced by TB and HIV.
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