Stop TB Partnership

Drug-resistant TB drugs under the microscope: second edition now available


16 November 2012 - Kuala Lumpur - The International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (the Union) and Médecins sans Frontières have published a second edition of the guide DR-TB drugs under the microscope: sources and prices of medicines

The guide includes information on the price and quality assurance status of drugs to treat drug-resistant TB, as well as a summary of the challenges limiting access to these drugs.

The Union plans to translate the guide into French, Spanish and Russian.

Download the guide.

News editor:

Judith Mandelbaum-Schmid

News writers:

Sam Nuttall
Vittorio Cammarota
Young-Ae Chu
Jenniffer Dietrich
Elisabetta Minelli