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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Leonard Masauli in Lilongwe

Malawi set to run out of TB drugs in a month after US, UK and others cut aid

A crowd of African people outside a mobile clinic
A mobile TB screening service in Malawi. Patients could face having treatment disrupted or stopping due to low drug stocks. Photograph: Katyayini/USAID

Malawi is facing a critical shortage of tuberculosis drugs, with health officials warning that stocks will run out by the end of September.

It comes just months after the World Health Organization (WHO) revealed that the country had successfully reduced tuberculosis (TB) cases by 40% over the past decade.

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