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Zimbabwe Among Five High-Burden TB Countries To Receive Patient Friendly TB Preventive Therapy

Michael Gwarisa

A new fixed-dose combination (FDC) of “3HP”, a short-course tuberculosis (TB) preventive treatment (TPT) combining two drugs, rifapentine and isoniazid, is starting to be rolled out in five TB high burden countries in Africa. This will reduce the number of pills that people who need the treatment have to take every week from nine to

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