World Health Organization (WHO). March 17, 2004.

WHO surveyed 55,779 patients around the world to assess resistance to one or more drugs used to treat tuberculosis. Prevalence of numerous cases of multiple drug-resistant (MDR) strains are particularly worrisome to public health officials, since these cases are by definition difficult to treat, and may spread very rapidly. Prevalence of MDR ranged from 0% in eight countries to 14.2% in Kazakhstan (51/359) and Israel (36/253) (median = 1.1%). The highest prevalences of MDR were observed in Tomsk Oblast (Russian Federation) (13.7%), Karakalpakstan (Uzbekistan) (13.2%), Estonia (12.2%), Liaoning Province (China) (10.4%), Lithuania (9.4%), Latvia (9.3%), Henan Province (China) (7.8%), and Ecuador (6.6%).  

Part I (The Study Itself)
Part II (Survey data, by country)
Part III (Profiles of TB control programs, by country)
Part IV (Executive Summary)

United States General Accounting Office (GAO). March 16, 2004.

Federal agencies rely extensively on computerized information systems and electronic data to carry out their missions. The security of these systems and date is essential to preventing data tampering, disruptions in critical operations, fraud, and inappropriate disclosure of sensitive information. Congress and the executive branch have taken actions to address this challenge, such as enacting and implementing the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA). FISMA and other federal guidance discuss the need for specific technical controls to secure information systems. In order to meet the requirements of FISMA to effectively implement these technical controls, it is critical that federal agencies consider whether they have adequately implemented available cybersecurity technologies. GAO was asked by the Chairman of the House Committee on Government Reform and its Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and the Census to identify commercially available, state-of-the-practice cybersecurity technologies that federal agencies can use to defend their computer systems against cyber attacks.

Many cybersecurity technologies offered in today's marketplace can serve as safeguards and countermeasures to protect agencies' information technology infrastructures. To assist agencies in identifying and selecting such technologies, we have categorized specific technologies according to the control functionality they provide and described what the technologies do, how they work, and their reported effectiveness. We identified 18 technologies that are available within these categories, including smart tokens--which establish users' identities through an integrated circuit chip in a portable device such as a smart card or time- synchronized token--and security event correlation tools--which monitor and document actions on network devices and analyze the actions to determine if an attack is ongoing or has occurred. The selection and effective implementation of cybersecurity technologies require adequate consideration of a number of key factors, including: (1) implementing technologies through a layered, defense-in-depth strategy, (2) considering the agency's unique information technology infrastructure when selecting technologies, (3) utilizing results of independent testing when assessing the technologies' capabilities, (4) training staff on the secure implementation and utilization of these technologies, and (5) ensuring that the technologies are securely configured.