Shanghai - Free treatment will be available to people who have drug-resistant forms of tuberculosis and to those who have not recovered from the disease after previously receiving treatment in Shanghai, local authorities have revealed. Antrel Rolle Jersey. The policy will initially be carried out among local residents, starting this year. It will then expand to include migrant workers, who account for more than 80 percent of the citys 8,000 new cases of TB each year, said Zhang Zhongshun, a TB specialist at the Shanghai Pulmonary Disease Hospital. Zhang announced the information at a conference held by the Shanghai Pulmonary Medicine Association and the Shanghai Pulmonary Disease Hospital over the weekend to mark the World Tuberculosis Day, which falls on Wednesday. As one of the oldest known diseases, tuberculosis not only harms the lungs, but can also affect the brain and kidneys. An airborne disease, TB primarily afflicts the poor in developing countries, such as China and India. The government has made great strides in treating the disease over the past few years, Zhang said. In addition to free screening for local residents and immigrant workers, local authorities have also provided for patients who were first diagnosed with TB or who did not recover after receiving their initial treatment and need further treatment, according to Zhang. Even so, there are still a large number of patients who do not recover after being treated twice. They face grave danger, he said. Research shows that 70 percent of them are drug-resistant, 10 percent are multidrug-resistant. Earlier reports said the country has 112,000 drug-resistant TB cases, ranking second in the world. It is very likely to develop drug-resistant or multidrug-resistant tuberculosis when patients fail to follow the full treatment regimens or stop their treatment too early, said Xiao Heping, another TB expert. And such disease (drug-resistant TB) will spread to others, which increases the treatment cost and the chances of not recovering. According to health authorities, China has about 5 million TB patients and each year 1.5 million people contract the disease. Regular TB generally costs 1,000 to 2,000 yuan to treat, while drug-resistant TB costs at least 60,000 yuan. Health experts who gathered at the conference also called for more financial support to develop better diagnostic techniques and drugs for the treatment of tuberculosis. Aaron Hernandez Super Bowl Jersey. French crowd favorite Aravane Rezai routed Bammer in 6-2, 6-2 fashion at Centre de la Ligue dAlsace. Meanwhile, Peng overcame American Alexa Glatch 3-6, 6-2, 6-0 and Dulko handled Italian Mara Santangelo 6-1, 7-6 (7-3). Additional Day-1 wins came for German Kristina Barrois and Japans Ayumi Morita. This weeks top seed is two-time defending champion Anabel Medina Garrigues. BenJarvus Green-Ellis Jersey. A shop assistant wearing an adidas soccer boot poses with a giant adidas soccer ball in a Munich sport store May 10, 2006. [Reuters] The players, who wear equipment made by Nike, Adidas and Puma, respectively, are the public faces in a fierce fight for the money and loyalty of soccer fans worldwide. Authentic Wes Welker Jersey. Theyve had quite a confidence-building road trip. Chicago clinched their Western Conference quarter-final against the Flames with a 4-1 Game 6 win in Calgary on April 27. Hakeem Nicks Jersey. Mats Sundin scored the shootout winner as the Vancouver Canucks beat Toronto 3-2 on Saturday night, handing the Maple Leafs their second consecutive home shootout loss. Super Bowl Jersey. A man from Henan province and his two grandsons sit on debris after their shelter in a slum in Yiwu, Zhejiang province, was demolished last week. Provided to China Daily In the first quarter of this year, more than 9,800 cases of illegal land use were detected, involving more than 1,700 hectares of farmland, 2. NEWARK, N.J - Le premier but dIlya Kovalchuk depuis son arrivée au New Jersey en a été un important puisquil a brisé légalité de 2-2 à la troisième période et mené les Devils à un gain de 5-2 sur les Predators de Nashville, vendredi. Le but de Kovalchuk a enthousiamé ses nouveaux partisans, qui ont lancé des chaapeaux sur la glace, un rite normalement réservé aux tours du chapeau. Rob Gronkowski Youth Jersey Patrik Elias, Travis Zajac, Zach Parise et Jamie Langenbrunner, dans un filet désert, ont réussi les autres buts des vainqueurs. Langenbrunner a aussi amassé deux aides. La réplique des perdants est venue de Cal OReilly et Jordan Tootoo. ' ' '