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Senior Medical Officer at Helen Joseph Hospital Shorter Simpler Treatment for XDRTB One day of XDR treatment today Treatment duration 2 years One week of BPaL regimen in NixTB trial ID: 809436

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Dr. Nompumelelo

Mthupa

, Senior Medical Officer at Helen Joseph Hospital

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Shorter, Simpler Treatment for XDR-TB

One day

of XDR treatment today

Treatment duration: 2+ years

One week

of BPaL regimen in Nix-TB trialTreatment duration: 6 months

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XDR-TB patient undergoing treatment at Sizwe Tropical Diseases Hospital

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Patients at Helen Joseph Hospital wait for treatment

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Traditional healer Gladys also serves on the TB community advisory board in Alexandra Township

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Boitumelo with her partner Ronnie, who also suffers from MDR-TB

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MDR-TB patient Boitumelo "Tumi"

Letseku

and her mother Hilda

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Increase funding for USAID TB work

especially for product development and introduction of new regimensEnsure that all funding to fight anti-microbial resistance, especially BARDA and CARB-X, focus on the full list of CDC threats, especially drug resistant TB

NIH strategic plan feedback - BY MONDAY!

Google “NIAID TB Strategic Plan Feedback”

NIH should invest more in clinical research for novel drugs, regimens, vaccines and diagnostics

NIH strategic plan feedback

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MDR-TB survivor

Bongumusa

Shabalala at Helen Joseph Hospital

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