Treatment consisting of four drugs showed 89% of patients were cured, compared with 52% getting the more complicated tuberculosis treatment
The regimen for children is bitter adult drugs, which are taken over an extended period – and it’s worse in cases of drug-resistant tuberculosis.
The country has one of the highest tuberculosis burdens.
But it is rapidly gaining access to new diagnostic tools and medicine for drug-resistant TB.
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There are fears that, because the LAM measure is easily administered, it could be used when conditions call for more detailed analysis.
Pets can pass on tuberculosis and you can get it from eating contaminated meat or dairy products
A promising new TB drug is now on the market but doctors say it’s been priced out of reach.