Opinion: The resurgence of tuberculosis is behavioral, not medical. Nudges can fix it
Keheala — a homophone of the Hebrew word for community — helps address the behavioral causes of not completing #TB treatment by providing motivation and support throughout the arduous course…
Nancy had been coughing for months. When she started experiencing chest pain, this bubbly mother of three and very proud grandmother went to see a doctor at her local clinic in Thika, about 20 miles northeast of Nairobi. He delivered a crushing diagnosis: She had contracted a drug-resistant strain of tuberculosis. That was in June 2016.
For the next eight months, Nancy went to the clinic daily to receive an injection of a strong antibiotic and take a cocktail of 15 pills that were also antibiotics. She became so weakened by the disease and her medications
