MDR-TB: Senzo's Story

October 27, 2011

In Swaziland, seven-year-old Senzo has been on treatment for multi drug-resistant tuberculosis for several months. This includes daily injections and 14 pills per day. He has 19 more months of treatment to go.

 

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