SOUTH AFRICA: Drug resistance, alcohol and money

Published June 9, 2010

SOUTH AFRICA: Drug resistance, alcohol and money
Source: IRIN A complex mix of issues drives drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) patients to default on medication, not least of which are alcohol and money, according to new research presented by Medicines Sans Frontiers (MSF), the international medical charity, at the South African TB Conference in the east-coast city of Durban.