Report: The Global Crisis of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis and Leadership of China and the BRICS: Challenges and Opportunities – Summary of a Joint Workshop
IOM
December 19, 2013
http://iom.edu/Reports/2013/The-Global-Crisis-of-Drug-Resistant-Tuberculosis-and-Leadership-of-China-and-the-BRICS.aspx
Note: Workshop Summaries contain the opinion of the presenters, but do NOT reflect the conclusions of the IOM. 

Abstract
Although antibiotics to treat tuberculosis (TB) were developed in the 1950s and are effective against a majority of TB cases, resistance to these antibiotics has emerged over the years, resulting in the growing spread of drug-resistant TB. Since 2008, the IOM Forum on Drug Discovery, Development, and Translation has hosted or co-hosted six domestic and international workshops to address the global crisis of drug-resistant TB. The Forum held international workshops in South Africa and Russia in 2010, and in India in 2011.

On January 16-18, 2013, The IOM along with the Institute of Microbiology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences held a workshop to address the current status of drug-resistant TB globally and in China. Among other topics, participants at the workshop considered the opportunities for emerging leadership in drug-resistant TB control from Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa (the BRICS countries), and discussed innovative strategies to advance and harmonize local and international efforts to prevent and treat drug-resistant TB. This document summarizes the workshop.