Evidence needed before redefining severe forms of drug-resistant tuberculosis

23 March 2012 -- Reports of tuberculosis (TB) cases with severe patterns of drug resistance are increasing, said experts who attended a WHO meeting in Geneva on 21-22 March. Participants stressed that the emergence of drug resistance should be a wake-up call for Ministries of Health. Greater efforts are needed to prevent drug resistance and avoid a scenario where TB becomes incurable


please download the new policy of treatment of TB at :http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2012/9789241503006_eng.pdf

source: WHO