DAR ES SALAAM, Dec. 26 -- SIGNIFICANT progress has been made in TB diagnostics in the past decade as countries in the African region embrace new technologies.

However, many people still have no access to modern testing, which are often limited to major laboratories in large cities and leave out many due to high costs.

Dr Jean de Dieu Iragena, a WHO expert on TB diagnostics in the African Region, discusses these technologies and how to bring them closer to people, so that challenges like multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) can be properly managed and controlled.

What factors are impeding effective TB diagnosis in the African region? Many rural and remote areas lack adequate healthcare infrastructure and essential diagnostic tools, for examp...