What is the message for other governments?
Dr Immaculate Kathure: "It is time for governments to rise to the occasion and avail these child-friendly medicines to ensure that we ease the burden on the family during TB treatment for children. It will also ensure improved adherence to treatment which will go a long way in reducing development of drug resistant TB in children. Ultimately we will realize improved child survival and will be well on our way towards a TB free generation".
Just to remind ourselves, more than 1 million children get sick with TB every year and 400 children succumb to it every day (140,000 deaths every year). Also a whopping 67% of those who suffer from it are not diagnosed or treated. The new palatable FDCs for paediatric TB, are bound to increase treatment adherence, and hence cure rate.
Said Joanna Breitstein, Senior Director (Communications) at TB Alliance: "These medicines went from development to delivery within three years. Please use your voice and get LOUD on social media to applaud this progress in Kenya. TB is tough on kids, and no child should have to struggle with inferior medicines or die of TB".
Shobha Shukla - CNS (Citizen News Service)
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