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This picture taken on April 2, 2024 shows Vietnamese doctor Truong Duc Thai checking a drug-resistant tuberculosis patient at National Lung Hospital in Hanoi. A faster and vastly more effective treatment for drug-resistant tuberculosis is being rolled out in the Asia-Pacific region, raising hopes of a “new era” in tackling one of the world’s deadliest infectious diseases. Nhac NGUYEN / AFP

Asia-Pacific gets new weapon in fight against drug-resistant TB

April 12, 2024
by Franc Han Shih
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A faster and vastly more effective treatment for drug-resistant tuberculosis is being rolled out in the Asia-Pacific region, raising hopes of a “new era” in tackling one of the world’s…

People walk in a crowded market amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Mumbai, India, September 5, 2021. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas

COVID-19 disruption causing many deaths from TB, AIDS in poorest countries, fund says

September 8, 2021
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GENEVA (Reuters) – Hundreds of thousands of people will die of tuberculosis left untreated because of disruption to healthcare systems in poor countries caused by the COVID–19 pandemic, a global aid fund said. In a few of the…

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Asia-Pacific gets new weapon in fight against drug-resistant TB

COVID-19 disruption causing many deaths from TB, AIDS in poorest countries, fund says

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