TB Youth Games athlete ready for home

Wednesday, October 08, 2014

The 16-year-old Congo Brazzaville athlete, who was hospitalised for a deadly strain of tuberculosis during the May Africa Youth Games, is set to return home this month after successful treatment.

The athlete was diagnosed with Multiple Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB) five months ago while in the country for the successfully hosted youth games.

Local health authorities subsequently quarantined her at the Extension 12 TB Isolation Centre to avoid spread of the highly contagious disease.

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