Tuberculosis, conflict, and displacement
In places where conflict and displacement are a constant threat, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has a straightforward way of ensuring that the people being treated for tuberculosis do not leave without their medication. MSF keeps a stock of so-called runaway kits containing sufficient drugs for each patient to finish their course. “If it seems likely that people are going to be displaced, we hand out the kits”, Animesh Sinha (HIV/TB/Hepatitis Advisor, MSF, London, UK) told The Lancet Respiratory Medicine.