World leaders meeting at the 73rd UN General Assembly have committed to ensure that 40 million people with TB receive the care they need by 2022. While powerful new drugs, and simpler treatment regimens, especially for drug-resistant TB, will go a long way in making the fight against TB easier, let us not forget to put proper safeguards in place to ensure that TB bacteria does not become resistant to them in future.
Shobha Shukla, CNS (Citizen News Service)
(Shobha Shukla is the Managing Editor at CNS (Citizen News Service). Follow her on Twitter @Shobha1Shukla, @CNS_Health or visit www.citizen-news.org)
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