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Fruit-Flavoured Drugs to Cut Child TB Deaths

Many children with TB do not complete their treatment because they have to take several bitter-tasting medicines every day for at least six months.

South Africa: Cough Up Money for TB, Demand Protesters

GroundUp, 3 December 2015

"Cough up money" for tuberculosis (TB) was the main demand of over a thousand people who marched from Keizersgracht Street to the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC)… Read more »
Kenya: New TB Drugs for Children Unveiled

Nation, 3 December 2015

Young ones suffering from tuberculosis will now be treated with what the Ministry of Health and an NGO are calling child-friendly medicines. Read more »
Africa: Fruit-Flavoured Drugs to Cut Child TB Deaths, Combat "Superbugs"

Thomson Reuters Foundation, 2 December 2015

Children will be more likely to survive tuberculosis (TB), the world's most deadly infectious disease, once new strawberry- and raspberry-flavoured medicines are available early… Read more »

New tuberculosis medication aimed specifically at children.

Africa: World's First - Child-friendly TB Medicines in Correct Doses

TB Alliance, 2 December 2015

Medication simplifies and improves treatment for 1 million children with TB Medicines come in dispersible fixed-dose combinations at the correct dosages; tablets no longer need to… Read more »
Africa: Tuberculosis - New Survey Shows Outdated Policies and Practices Risk Further Spread of Drug-Resistant TB

MSF, 2 December 2015

Urgent phase-out needed for outdated policies of mandatory hospitalisation, re-treatment regimens that contribute to drug resistance, and sub-optimal diagnosis Read more »

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