East Africa Struggling With TB Due to Insufficient Personnel - Experts Say
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By Justus Lyatuu
Tuberculosis (TB) has remained a major public health concern because East African countries have little access to sufficient personnel with qualification to perform the tests and properly interpret the result experts, have said.
Dr Blandina Mmbaga, the director, Kilimanjaro Clinical Research Institute (KCRI), said though most countries in the region still don't have enough doctors, there is also a challenge of inadequate specialized equipment for all the stages in TB treatment.
Mmbanga explained that TB tests require skilled personnel beyond ordinary technical education which is scarce in most low-income countries where Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania fall.
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