New portable #TB tests can't detect drug-resistant strains. Patients who test positive still need a second lab sample. Could South Africa’s overstretched clinics lose people in that gap? #DrugResistantTB bhekisisa.org/health-news-...

HIV-associated drug-resistant TB: expanded treatment options and emerging threats.
Abadie, Miriam et al.
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Psychosocial counselling orientation was conducted for DR-TB patients at the DR-TB hostel in NATA, Morang under the Care for Cure project funded by @rstmh.bsky.social for strengthening emotional support and patient-centered care during treatment! #endTB #drugresistantTB

This isn’t “just a service change” — it’s a breakdown in life-saving continuity of care.

📊 Evidence comes from our TB Specific Impact Survey, conducted during the Stop TB Work Orders, with 180 responses from 39 countries.

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Updated Tuberculosis Treatment Guidelines New recommendations emphasize shorter, all-oral regimens for both drug-susceptible and drug-resistant TB.

New recommendations emphasize shorter, all-oral regimens for both drug-susceptible and #drugresistantTB www.contagionlive.com/view/updated...

How new tech could help slow down drug-resistant TB From next year, the health department could look to start using tests that can show if the genetic makeup of TB germs has changed in such a way that they could be resistant to antibiotics

New DNA technology could slow drug-resistant tuberculosis in South Africa by providing faster, accurate testing, allowing for more effective treatment plans and potentially reducing the spread of resistant strains. #DrugResistantTB #PublicHealth www.businesslive.co.za/fm/fm-fox/20...

Drug-resistant TB: how new tech could help slow down the disease From early next year the Health Department could look to start using tests that can show whether the genetic make-up of tuberculosis germs has changed in such a way that they could be resistant to ant...

New DNA tech promises faster, more accurate testing to combat drug-resistant tuberculosis in South Africa. #DrugResistantTB #PublicHealth #Innovation www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024...