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Management Sciences for Health Joins Global Health Community to Ensure Access to Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene in all Health Facilities

June 27, 2019

More than $120 million in commitments announced at historic convening for global healthArlington, VA—Last week, Management Sciences for Health (MSH) joined philanthropies, nongovernmental organizations, US government agencies, financial institutions, corporations, universities, Nobel laureate Dr.

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The Importance of Social Support for Multidrug-Resistant TB Patients in Bangladesh

July 20, 2019

Unable to work, Rasel worried about how his family would survive while he went through treatment for drug-resistant TB.Photo credit: Challenge TB Bangladesh

Bangladesh is a global hotspot for TB, and the country’s government and its partners are hard at work to find and treat missing cases of TB and prevent the spread of multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB). The available treatment for MDR-TB is expensive, lengthy, and complex, and the disease is often considered a death sentence.

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The Rising Threat of Antimicrobial Resistance: What Happens When Diseases Resist the Drugs We've Designed to Fight Them?

July 16, 2019

Join MSH, in conjunction with the office of Congressman Ami Bera (D-CA), for an important discussion on the rising threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and what we can do to stop it, Tuesday, July 16 from 8:30 to 10:30 am on Capitol Hill.AMR is one of the most pressing global health threats of our time—in poor and wealthy nations alike. Each year, more than 700,000 people die from AMR-related infections.