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South Africa: Fighting Drug Resistant TB
The Daily Vox, 6 November 2014
When Phumeza Tisile (23) discovered she had been infected with the deadliest form of tuberculosis (TB), she thought was going to die. As a result of her treatment, Tisile lost her… Read more »
Fighting Drug-Resistant TB in South Africa
When Phumeza Tisile was diagnosed with extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis she thought was going to die but an antibiotic - that is not only very expensive but difficult to access - saved her life.
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South Africa is battling to reduce its cases of multidrug-resistant TB with the success rate for those on treatment at about 40 percent.
