From studies of new medicines and a mask used to diagnose TB, there was no shortage of interesting findings presented at the recent Union World Conference on Lung Health, held in Copenhagen, Denmark. Spotlight rounds up six studies that stood out.
1. People do better if we dispense all TB prevention pills at once
Researchers have found that dispensing all the pills in a three-month course of TB preventive therapy TPT at once, instead of asking people to collect pills at the clinic every few weeks, led to many more people completing the treatment course.
