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    World TB Day 2023: Catching up with tuberculosis in the Philippines
    Philippines
    World TB Day 2023: Catching up with tuberculosis in the Philippines
    Working closely with the Manila Health Department, Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), an international humanitarian organizatio...
    Tuberculosis (TB)
    Infectious diseases
    The Philippines: Facing the impact of COVID-19 on tuberculosis in the slums of Manila
    Philippines
    The Philippines: Facing the impact of COVID-19 on tuberculosis in the slums of Manila
    While COVID-19 raised awareness of the risks of airborne disease in the general population, vulnerable populations - such as the urban poor - were exp...
    Tuberculosis (TB)
    Infectious diseases
    Urgent need to improve access to TB testing to support rollout of better, safer, shorter treatment for drug-resistant TB
    Urgent need to improve access to TB testing to support rollout of better, safer, shorter treatment for drug-resistant TB
    Doctors Without Borders /Médecins Sans Frontières(MSF) called on governments and donors today to speed up access to new, shorter, safer and more effec...
    Access to medicines
    Tuberculosis (TB)
    Afghanistan: The Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kandahar provides hope for people with TB
    Afghanistan
    Afghanistan: The Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kandahar provides hope for people with TB
    Jawahira was referred to the Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) tuberculosis (TB) hospital in Kandahar earlier this year from a ...
    Tuberculosis (TB)
    Belarus: Three hundred patients start innovative TB treatment programme
    Belarus
    Belarus: Three hundred patients start innovative TB treatment programme
    “On the tenth day of my treatment, I could tell that something was wrong with my ears,” says Maria. “The drugs were affecting my auditory nerve. Havin...
    Tuberculosis (TB)
    Access to medicines
    Infectious diseases
    Fighting tuberculosis in Papua New Guinea
    Papua New Guinea
    Fighting tuberculosis in Papua New Guinea
    In Papua New Guinea, Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières(MSF)is working with patients to strengthen prevention, diagnosis and treatment...
    Tuberculosis (TB)
    Infectious diseases
    Doctors Without Borders and its partners’ TB PRACTECAL Clinical Trial will be included in the updated WHO global guidance on treatment
    Doctors Without Borders and its partners’ TB PRACTECAL Clinical Trial will be included in the updated WHO global guidance on treatment
    Geneva, 3 May2022 - Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) are pleased that,having shared the results of TBPRACTECAL, our clinical t...
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    Tuberculosis (TB)
    Doctors Without Borders and Manila Health Department inaugurate mobile X-RAY van for Tondo tuberculosis project
    Philippines
    Doctors Without Borders and Manila Health Department inaugurate mobile X-RAY van for Tondo tuberculosis project
    At the World Tuberculosis Day ribbon-cutting ceremony in Tondo Foreshore Health Centre, Doctors Without Borders also signed a GeneXpert MTB/XDR cooper...
    Tuberculosis (TB)
    TB-PRACTECAL: Doctors Without Borders clinical trial finds short, effective and safe drug-resistant tuberculosis treatment
    TB-PRACTECAL: Doctors Without Borders clinical trial finds short, effective and safe drug-resistant tuberculosis treatment
    New results show a much shorter treatment regimen for drug-resistant TB is superior to current care
    Tuberculosis (TB)
    Infectious diseases