A new TB regime will lower the number of pills a patient has to take from nine a week to three, which is expected to increase adherence to treatment. — AFP
A new tuberculosis (TB) treatment that slashes costs and the pill burden for patients will be rolled out in five high-incidence countries this year (2021), international medical research body Aurum Institute said on Feb 3.
TB – a respiratory disease that is preventable and treatable, yet kills more than 1.4 million people every year – is chronically underfunded, with diagnosis and treatment failing to reach millions.
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