TO GO WITH "ASIA-HEALTH-TUBERCULOSIS" REPORTAGE BY PAM CASTRO
In this photo taken on January 18, 2024, a medical worker gets a blood sample from Efifanio Brillante (not pictured), a patient for the BPaL regimen for the drug resistant tuberculosis, during a consultation at a hospital in San Fernando, Pampanga. A faster and vastly more effective treatment for drug-resistant tuberculosis is being rolled out in the Asia-Pacific region, raising hopes of a "new era" in tackling one of the world's deadliest infectious diseases. (Photo by JAM STA ROSA / AFP) / TO GO WITH "ASIA-HEALTH-TUBERCULOSIS" REPORTAGE BY PAM CASTRO