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Kenya's Ability To Diagnose, Treat MDR-TB Questioned After Mismanagement Of Patient's Case
"The Kenyan government's recent failure to adequately treat a patient with extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) has some civil society organizations questioning whether the country's TB program is equipped to diagnose and treat such patients," PlusNews reports. "The government admits the TB program in Kenya has not been adequately funded despite the country's big TB burden," PlusNews writes, adding, "Kenya ranks 13th on the list of 22 high-burden TB countries in the world and has the fifth-highest burden in Africa."
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