Insecurity Weakens Haiti’s Fight Against Tuberculosis

In Haiti, tuberculosis remains a persistent threat. Despite free treatment, insecurity, poverty, and difficulties in accessing care are slowing control efforts.

Insecurity Weakens Haiti’s Fight Against Tuberculosis

Hôpital Sanatorium de Port-au-Prince

On World Tuberculosis Day, observed on March 24, Dr. Richard Milo, head of the National Tuberculosis Control Program (PNLT), provided Le Nouvelliste with a worrying overview of the situation in Haiti. Characterized by persistent cough (sometimes with blood), chest pain, intense fatigue, weight loss, fever, and night sweats, tuberculosis, however, remains one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Although it is a preventable and curable infectious disease, it continues to circulate actively in Haiti, fueled by difficult

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