WHO Operational Handbook on Tuberculosis. Module 4: treatment - drug-resistant tuberculosis treatment, 2022 update

WHO Operational Handbook on Tuberculosis. Module 4: treatment - drug-resistant tuberculosis treatment, 2022 update

Background

Tuberculosis (TB) strains with drug resistance (DR-TB) are more difficult to treat than drug-susceptible ones, and threaten global progress towards the targets set by the End TB Strategy of the World Health Organization (WHO). WHO estimates that about half a million cases of multi-drug or rifampicin resistant (MDR/RR-TB) are estimated to occur each year. However, only one...

Related Document