Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Over 372 people in Gulu have been initiated on the Tuberculosis preventive therapy after getting in contact with TB patients. 158 out of these are children under five years of age while 214 were previously listed for the preventive therapy after getting in contact with …
Read More »Uganda struggling to detect drug resistant TB cases – Health Ministry
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has said 67 percent of Multiple Drug Resistant Tuberculosis – MDRT cases are not being detected in the country. Figures from the health ministry show that 80,000 Ugandans are infected with TB annually. With one in every 100 …
Read More »Only 72 percent of TB patients complete treatment
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Only 72% of TB patients complete treatment. This is according to Dr Stavia Turyahabwe, the Assistant Commissioner for the National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Programme. Turyahabwe says this creates worry as those who don’t complete their doses risk spreading multi-drug resistant TB in addition to …
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