Thursday, 19 November 2015

PRO/EDR> Tuberculosis - Kenya: MDR, increasing incidence

Tuberculosis -- Kenya
There are growing concerns over rising drug-resistant strains of the killer tuberculosis [TB] in the country [Kenya].
According to the Ministry of Health latest statistics, 305 cases of multi-drug resistant [MDR] TB have been reported in the country this year so far, the highest figure in the last ten years. In 2014, there were 283 cases; while in 2013, the number was 285. The statistics shows a trend in which the numbers of such cases have been increasing since 2006 when 82 cases were

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