Tuberculosis

Diet not an ARV substitute
Research has found there is no scientific evidence specific to SA conditions to back use of nutrition as the primary treatment for HIV/Aids and Tuberculosis (TB).

Treating TB
Preventive therapy (PT) against TB involves infected people taking anti-TB drugs to prevent progression to active disease.

Treating tuberculosis
Rifampicin and isoniazid are the two key drugs used in treating tuberculosis.

New hope for XDR-TB treatment
Every day she goes to the clinic in Khayelitsha to receive handfuls of medication in the long, painful process to banish resistant TB from her body, already battling Aids.