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Why Kenyans must do more to defeat tuberculosis

Timpiyian Leseni. [PHOTO: COURTESY/STANDARD]

World Tuberculosis (TB) Day, to be observed on Friday March 24, brings back painful recollection of how I almost lost my life to this dangerous but highly curable disease. My journey stared in 2011 with a fever, unusual fatigue, night sweats, weight loss and a swollen stomach, but no sign of the cough usually associated with TB.

I was put on antibiotics but there was no improvement and soon after, came the first surgery to remove puss from my stomach.

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