Facts on Tuberculosis
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DR-TB: Treatment Regimen
A 24-month DR-TB treatment regimen can cost as much as US$9,000 for one patient – 475 times more than the $19 per patient it costs to cure standard, drug-sensitive TBLast updated 27 July 2011
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DR-TB: Drug Price Increase
Prices for two DR-TB drugs have increased by more than 600% and one drug by more than 800% over the last decadeLast updated 27 July 2011
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DR-TB: Treatment of New Cases
Less than 7% of 440,000 new DR-TB cases each year receive treatmentLast updated 27 July 2011
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TB: Drug Price Increase
Prices for TB drugs have been increasing as some manufacturers put an end to subsidies that have kept prices lowerLast updated 27 July 2011
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DR-TB: Access to Treatment
Of the 5 million people who developed DR-TB in the past decade, less than 1% had access to appropriate treatment & 1.5 million diedLast updated 27 July 2011
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Resistant Strains of TB
Treating a patient with resistant strains of TB means giving them weak drugs that have to be taken for up to two years, and that have terrible side effectsLast updated 27 July 2011
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Diagnostic Test from 1880s
The most commonly used diagnostic test was first used in the 1880s!Last updated 27 July 2011
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No TB Test for Some
A TB test does not exist for children or people with HIV/AIDSLast updated 27 July 2011
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DR-TB: Test & Medicines
A new TB test will detect more people with DR-TB but quality, price & supply of DR-TB medicines needs urgent attentionLast updated 27 July 2011
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New TB Test
A new TB test can detect DR-TB in less than two hours instead of three monthsLast updated 27 July 2011
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