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The Union appoints infectious disease expert as new Executive Director

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The Union has announced its appointment of a new Executive Director, Dr Cassandra Kelly-Cirino.

With over two decades’ experience in improving health outcomes in low- and middle-income countries, Dr Kelly-Cirino has worked extensively with vulnerable populations disproportionately affected by communicable and non-communicable diseases.

Challenges of ending drug-resistant tuberculosis (DRTB) the focus of Special Edition of the International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (IJTLD)

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Drug-resistant TB (DRTB) continues to be a public health threat and is one of the leading antimicrobial resistant infections globally. Worldwide in 2019, close to half a million people developed DRTB. However, only 38 per cent of people with DRTB started treatments and of those treated, only 57 per cent were treated successfully.