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Treatment for drug-resistant TB now available in the Philippines (post)

The fight against drug-resistant tuberculosis in the country is set to get a boost with a new treatment now made available locally.

TB Treatment Trials Grid 2016 (post)

Michael Vjecha, MD compiled for the Tuberculosis Trials Consortium (TBTC) a table containing information about the planned, ongoing, and recently completed randomized TB drug clinical trials.

India: Much-delayed daily TB regimen to roll out by October (post)

The much-delayed daily regimen of tuberculosis will be rolled out by the government in a phased manner across the country by October this year. The rollout of the daily drug therapy, considered a game changer in the fight against tuberculosis by experts, doctors and activists, was to be piloted under the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP) in five states by March, after a delay of roughly two years.

Pakistan: Acute shortage of TB drugs prolongs (post)

June 13, 2016 - An acute shortage of tuberculosis (TB) drugs in Pakistan has now entered the seventh month and is adding to the misery of thousands of TB patients across the country, and posing serious risk of rapid rise in TB prevalence in Pakistan.

India: Assam first state to launch miracle TB medicine (post)

GUWAHATI, June 6 - Assam has become the first state of the country to launch the miracle drug bedaquiline – the first new medicine for TB in more than 40 years – for treatment of drug-resistant TB.

Frequently asked questions on shorter MDR-TB regimen (post)

The World Health Organization (WHO)'s Global TB Program has released Frequently asked questions about the implementation of the new WHO recommendation on the use of the shorter MDR-TB regimen under programmatic conditions.

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