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Kenya needs to up its game to get TB under control

March 24, 20170
An infant receives an injection as part of a clinical trial of a novel tuberculosis vaccine candidate at the South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiatives clinical trial field site in Worcester, South Africa in this April 2012 handout photo obtained by Reuters February 1, 2013. /REUTERS

 

Tuberculosis is a global health threat. Newer tools to test for the disease are already in use, changing the landscape to ensure the disease is caught earlier and that treatment begins promptly. The Conversation Africa’s Health and Medicine Editor Joy Wanja Muraya spoke to Prof Gunturu Revathi on what’s holding Kenya back in its efforts to manage the disease.

What is the burden of tuberculosis in Kenya and in Africa?

Today tuberculosis is found in all parts of the world and is listed among the top ten causes of death.

Africa needs to take TB more seriously. About a quarter of new tuberculosis cases, 26%, occurred on the continent in 2015.

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