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MDR-TB patients face discrimination, long road to recovery in Peru


28 Feb 2010
by Working Group

MDR-TB Patient
Norma Muñoz
Former MDR-TB Patient

This video appeared on the Washington Post’s website.

Patients who develop multi-drug resistant tuberculosis face an arduous course of medical treatment. What’s worse, many say, is being ostracized by friends and neighbors who fear the dreaded disease.

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