MSF Frontline Reports podcast, Ep. 80: A New TB Test Brings Hope
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Channel: Doctors Without Borders / MSF-USA · 2011 · Nonprofits & Activism
The most widely used method to test patients for TB fails to identify the disease in about half of the cases. But a long-awaited new test is raising hopes that soon we will be able to identify TB more effectively, get patients on treatment faster, and help reign in this deadly epidemic. Welcome to the MSF Frontline Report podcast for February 24, 2011. Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders, or MSF, is an independent medical humanitarian aid organization. For more information on this story and to learn more about MSF or Doctors Without Borders, please visit msf.org to find the MSF web site in your home country. Please send any comments and questions for the podcast to [email protected]. MSF is an independent medical humanitarian aid organization that delivers emergency assistance to people affected by wars, epidemics, and natural or man-made disasters in more than 60 countries around the world.
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