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Tech key to combating drug-resistant TB in Africa, experts advise

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A TB patient receiving counseling and treatment at Kerugoya Hospital TB Management Center. [Jane Mugambi, Standard]

African countries should increase their investment in Tuberculosis and especially in newer interventions that can help limit the spread of drug-resistant TB.

Belinda Ngongo, the global health director at Illumina, says with the significant gap in the funding needed to combat tuberculosis, there is a need to make savings in the long run for healthcare systems.

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