Zomba — The Malawi High Court yesterday granted an urgent interim injunction preventing the return of six persons diagnosed with multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) to prison.
Between August and September, six inmates from Maula and Mzimba Prisons were diagnosed with MDR-TB, a contagious form of tuberculosis (TB) infection caused by bacteria that are resistant to treatment with at least two of the most powerful first-line anti-TB drugs. They have been receiving in-patient treatment but are due to be released from hospital. However, because all six are convicted inmates, their release from hospital would have meant a return to the prisons.
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