It was also reported that 18% of the 739 people with MDR-TB tracked over a two-year period had died before or during treatment, with these deaths linked to older age, unemployment, HIV, being underweight and other chronic conditions.
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A new study in Sierra Leone led by Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine has highlighted a high mortality rate among people with Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB), including amongst those who…