It Can Take Two Years To Treat Drug-Resistant TB

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WE NEED BETTER TREATMENT NOW YEARS RESISTANT TB TO TREAT DRUG- IT CAN TAKE START FINISH 4,800 pills swallowed DAY 240 20 pills swallowed + 1 painful injection DAY 1 7,300 pills swallowed DAY 365 14,600 pills swallowed DAY 730 240 painful injections received

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Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) patients and their doctors are calling for universal access to diagnosis and treatment for drug-resistant TB, research to find shorter, less toxic and more effective treatments, and funding to increase care and research. Read and share the manifesto: msfaccess.org/TBmanifesto

Transcript of It Can Take Two Years To Treat Drug-Resistant TB

WE NEED BETTER TREATMENT NOW

YEARSRESISTANT TBTO TREAT DRUG-

IT CAN TAKE

STAR

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FINISH

4,800 pills swallowedDAY 240

20 pills swallowed + 1 painful injectionDAY 1

7,300 pills swallowedDAY 365

14,600 pills swallowedDAY 730

240 painful injections received