New weapon rolled out vs drug-resistant TB

By Agence France-Presse

Apr 13, 2024 12:14 am

(UPDATE) A FASTER and vastly more effective treatment for drug-resistant tuberculosis is being rolled out in the Asia-Pacific region, raising hopes of a 'new era' in tackling one of the world's deadliest infectious diseases.

The region had most of the world's estimated 10.6 million new TB cases in 2022, and more than half of the 1.3 million deaths, World Health Organization (WHO) figures show.

In this photo taken on January 18, 2024, Dr. Irene Flores, Clinical Head for the BPaL regimen for the drug resistant tuberculosis, shows the medicines for the BPaL regimen at a hospital in San Fernando, Pampanga. A faster and vastly more effective treatment for drug-resistant tuberculosis is being rolled out in the Asia-Pacific region, raising hopes of a new era in tackling one of the world's deadliest infectious diseases. (Photo by JAM STA ROSA / AFP)

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