Eswatini: On ART Since Birth

16 November 2009

Nhlangano — Seven-year-old Ntombi* frowns after swallowing the tablets her grandmother has given her. The HIV-positive child has contracted multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB).

So along with her antiretroviral therapy (ART) of eight tablets every morning at 7am, she also has to take an injection for the MDR-TB. But it seems she is still not used to her medical regime.

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