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Agony of patients struggling with drug resistant TB

Victor Odongo at his residence in Manyatta, Kisumu on Thursday. He is a relapse TB patient who has been put on a new treatment schedule. [Denish Ochieng, Standard]

When Victor Odongo, 30, speaks, his voice comes in laborious gasps.

The man who once towered over his peers now weighs a mere 38 kilogrammes, and he keeps getting lighter.

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