Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2010-03-24-Speech-3-294"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2010-03-24"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Fight against tuberculosis (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"ro"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20100324.20.3-294"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2010-03-24-Speech-3-2952
lpv:speaker	lp:Elena Oana Antonescu2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; LIBE (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Partidul Democrat-Liberal (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; ENVI (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; EPP (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (2009-09-16--2012-10-21)3
lpv:translated text	"‘The cause of death in the age of antibiotics’ is what a group of researchers called tuberculosis, a word which many of us thought had disappeared from everyday usage, but a disease which still kills a huge number of people. Ultimately, we are the European Union and our strength lies in unity. Tuberculosis is the seventh most common cause of death in the world. Unfortunately, the current situation is highlighted by the rise in the number of cases involving a strain of tuberculosis resistant to standard drug therapy. Globally, there were 9.4 million new cases of tuberculosis in 2008 and 1.8 million deaths. A person is infected by tuberculosis somewhere in the world every second. We need to hear these figures stated as clearly as possible in an important forum of the European Union so that we can all realise as much as possible that this disease is still ravaging our societies and killing a large number of European citizens. I come from a country which, unfortunately, features among the top places in the European Union in the dismal ratings for tuberculosis cases. Although we can talk about a slightly downward trend in recent years and an increase in the percentage of people cured of chemo-resistant tuberculosis, the absolute figures remain alarming and they reflect a tragic reality. We need to wage a consistent, integrated battle, based on the best possible planning, in order to keep this scourge under control. We have to continue at European Union level the work we have done so far to ensure that in all Member States, we raise the level of detection of diseases, the level of access to adequate treatment, the quality of treatment monitoring and the quality of medical care given to patients. We also need all governments to realise the importance of this battle and to work alongside social partners as effectively as possible in order to reduce the number of Europeans suffering from this disease which we thought had been banished in previous centuries. Above all, we need to wage this battle together, as a family, without considering the differences between us, but helping each other to overcome this problem."@en1
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