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A form of TB caused by improper treatment, such as incorrect, poor-quality, or interrupted medication regimens.
What is Multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB)?
A strategy where a designated individual watches the patient swallow every dose of medication.
What is DOTS?
This weakened the immune system, making TB deadlier.
What is HIV?
Hiring Healthcare workers to search for cases household by household around the world, diagnosing cases for TB before they become so serious as to require hospitalization
What is STP (Search, Treat Prevent)?
A strain of bacteria that has evolved to resist all drugs.
What is a superbug?
A program launched by the government to provide antiretroviral therapy to millions of people living with HIV in poor countries.
What is PEPFAR?
Understanding the history of tuberculosis, there are two distinct ways people view the disease.
What is a biomedical lens and a religious paradigm?
A drug developed in 1969 that drew major attention due to its low toxicity and ease of administration.
What is Rifampicin?
Drugs that effectively treat multidrug-resistant strains of TB remain expensive; they are expensive because... (two answers)
What is Prices are kept artificially high by pharmaceutical companies, and we are afraid that making these drugs less rare will lead to further antibiotic resistance?
A powerful drug used to treat MDR-TB by inhibiting mycobacterial ATP synthase.
What is bedaquiline?