More work needed to halt march of drug-resistant TB in Europe

15 May 2017
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European politicians have lent voice to calls for more funding to treat and prevent drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB), at an event organized by charities fighting the disease.

Representatives from the French and Dutch health ministries highlighted the scope of the problem in Europe. According to the World Health Organization, the region has the highest rates of drug-resistant TB in the world.

Nine of the world’s top 30 countries with the highest burden of drug-resistant TB are in eastern European and central Asian countries.

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