After two grueling years of treatment, Mary Marizani is MSF's first patient in Zimbabwe to beat multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). While this is great news, there is still an urgent need for better treatment that cures people in less time and with fewer side effects.
In her home on the outskirts of Zimbabwe's capital city, 48-year-old Mary Marizani says that, although she has conquered MDR-TB, she now faces another challenge: "I have my appetite back and now I am eating everything in sight."
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