Rwanda: Regional Health Experts Meet to Discuss Drug Resistant TB

5 September 2011

Medical practitioners from eight regional countries have kicked off a week-long seminar, in Kigali, on handling severe tuberculosis, commonly known as Drug Resistant TB.

Drug Resistant TB occurs when the bacteria becomes resistant to drugs used to treat the disease, and according to experts, this is mainly brought about by mismanagement or misuse of the drugs.

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