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DATURA – Better treatment for patients with tuberculosis and HIV co-infections

The project aims to assess whether an intensified initial TB treatment can increase survivability in hospitalised, HIV-infected adults and adolescents compared to the standard TB treatment regime.

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The Datura project is a multidisciplinary international research project involving four countries in four different sub-Saharan regions, two countries in Southeast Asia and two European academic institutions. It is studying the effect of using a modified TB treatment protocol in severely immunosuppressed TB patients. The name, Datura, is an acronym for: Determination of Adequate TUberculosis Regimen in Adults and Adolescents hospitalised with HIV-associated severe immune suppression.

The project is a collaboration between researchers in Norway, France, Zambia, Guinea, Cameroon, Uganda, Cambodia and Mozambique. It is co-ordinated by a research team at the in France. The project is funded by Datura also addresses , target 3.3, aiming to end the epidemics of AIDS and TB, among others, by 2030.

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