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Summary -- Introduction -- Part I: Surveillance of M/XDR-TB -- Part II: Progress in the global response to M/XDR-TB -- References -- Annexes.;"This new report on anti-tuberculosis (TB) drug resistance by the World Health Organization (WHO) updates "Anti-tuberculosis drug resistance in the world: Report No. 4" published by WHO in 2008. It summarizes the latest data and provides latest estimates of the global epidemic of multidrug and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (M/XDR-TB). For the first time, this report includes an assessment of the progress countries are making to diagnose and treat MDR-TB cases."--Page 1.