South Africa: TB - the Forgotten Children

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The little girl squirms and tries to break free from the adults pinning her down, her terrified eyes as wide as saucers and her screams muffled by the tube they are trying to thread down her throat.

Her mother grimaces as she tries to reassure her, but the tremble in her voice doesn't hide her own terror at seeing her little one in such distress. The doctor and nurses turn the child on her side in case she vomits.

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