Organizing to Battle Drug-Resistant TB

Organizing to Battle Drug-Resistant TB
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Inadequate and interrupted treatment can then lead to drug-resistant strains of the disease. This takes a heavy economic toll. According to a study commissioned by the Southern African Development Community, TB costs South Africa alone $ 886 million …
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Urgent Calls to Combat Drug Resistant TB
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Cape Town — In the face of the growing threat of tuberculosis that is resistant to standard medication, researchers are calling for renewed efforts to find a vaccine to prevent TB, while other initiatives are developing new medicines and diagnostic …
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More older people in Africa with HIV
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Cape Town – Sub-Saharan Africa is likely to see a more than 200 percent increase in the number of older people living with HIV in the next 30 years, thanks to improvements in lifesaving treatment, experts said Thursday. “The proportion of people living …
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