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Joy as patient recovers from rare TB strain

Elizabeth Wangeci celebrates her new life with MSF medical personnel at endTB party in MSF clinic at along Juja road Nairobi on this photo taken on (05/06/2016) after she was declared free from Drug resistant TB(XDR-TB) {PHOTO LUCAS NGASIKE}

Medics from Doctors Without Borders have made a breakthrough after successfully curing a patient suffering from drug resistant tuberculosis.

Elizabeth Wangeci, 34, had battled with Extensively Drug Resistant TB (XDR-TB) for two years and her experience with this strain left her in a trail of agony.

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