“…Although there is highly effective treatment, tuberculosis (TB) remains a leading cause of death in children. …”
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“…Tuberculosis continues to ravage our country health-wise and socio-economically. …”
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“…Tuberculosis is a leading cause of death among adults in Malawi and the single type that is giving many problems is smear positive Tuberculosis. …”
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“…Tuberculosis claims the lives of roughly 1.7 million people per year world wide. …”
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“…Statistics have shown significant prevalence of adverse drug reactions with an estimated 500,000 cases of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) arising every year among both new and previously treated tuberculosis clients, with much higher prevalence among previously treated client. …”
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“…Therefore, it can be concluded from the results that all the plants understudy showed considerable antimycobacterial activities against M. tuberculosis, M. ulcerans and M. smegmatis. The compounds obtained from the plants understudy also demonstrated synergistic properties with the first-line tuberculosis drugs, rifampicin; isoniazid ethambutol and streptomycin. …”
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“…Since the SADC declaration on Tuberculosis (TB) in the mining sector (2012), the Government of the Republic of Malawi has not moved significantly in its commitment to elimination of TB and improvement of environmental, health and safety practices and standards in the mining sector (National TB Programme, 2015, personal communication). …”
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“…This is also inline with Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 6, which aims at combating HIV and AIDS and other diseases like Malaria, tuberculosis, and pneumonia by the same year, 2015. …”
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