A new study shows that genomics can be used to cut the TB testing process down to a matter of days.

TB drugs unfortunately have side effects – some more serious than others – such as nausea, vomiting, weight loss, decreased appetite, dry mouth and sore throat.

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

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).

A big challenge is to make tuberculosis treatment more child and family friendly by making the regimen shorter and giving children medication that is easy to swallow.

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

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.