Recommendations for improved TB treatment hailed

  • MSF Applauds New WHO Recommendations for Improved TB Treatment

    MSF Applauds New WHO Recommendations for Improved TB Treatment

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    The international medical humanitarian organisation Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)—the largest non-government provider of tuberculosis (TB) treatment worldwide—today welcomed the new World Health Organisation (WHO) recommendations for improved treatment for people with drug-resistant TB (DR-TB). These recommendations prioritise the use of several better oral drugs, including the newer drug bedaquiline, and minimise the use…