The Department of Health (DOH) is planning to introduce a new package of anti-tuberculosis (TB) medicines specifically formulated for children, possibly as soon as January 2017, the agency said. The new medicines will hopefully improve treatment for young TB sufferers, who often are given the wrong dosage or no medicine at all, which can lead to the development of drug-resistant strains of the debilitating lung infection. DOH PHOTO
THE Department of Health (DOH) is planning to introduce a new package of anti-tuberculosis (TB) medicines that are for the first time specifically for-mulated for children, possibly as soon as January 2017, the agency announced.