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1. SOUTH AFRICA: Shortage of drug-resistant TB treatment
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2. SOUTH AFRICA: Lihle Dlamini, “People who have TB still face the same
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[image: lead photo]JOHANNESBURG, 16 August 2011 (PlusNews) - While countries
are rolling out new tests that will enable them to diagnose more patients
with drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB), a worldwide shortage of the drugs
to treat these patients is likely, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warns.
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[image: lead photo]JOHANNESBURG, 16 August 2011 (PlusNews) - Lihle Dlamini
is the deputy general-secretary of South Africa’s AIDS lobby group, the
Treatment Action Campaign. As the country moves to include a strong emphasis
on tuberculosis (TB) for the first time in its latest national strategic
plan on HIV, Dlamini recounted her experience with TB treatment almost 10
years ago:
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