Inter Press ServiceEarly diagnosis needed to fight TB https://www.ipsnews.net/2011/08/early-diagnosis-needed-to-fight-tb/ News and Views from the Global South Fri, 01 May 2026 17:30:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 Early diagnosis needed to fight TB https://www.ipsnews.net/2011/08/early-diagnosis-needed-to-fight-tb/ https://www.ipsnews.net/2011/08/early-diagnosis-needed-to-fight-tb/#respond Fri, 05 Aug 2011 16:53:35 +0000 IPS Correspondents http://ipsnews.zippykid.it/?p=102498

By IPS Correspondents
Aug 5 2011 (IPS)

Tuberculosis kills 1.7 million people every year. In sub-Saharan Africa, the disease is also a major killer of people living with HIV. Stigma, poor adherence to medicines and lack of early diagnosis plagues the management of TB in these states.

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