Initiative boosts efforts to produce malaria, TB drugs in Africa by $7m

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The development of drugs to cure malaria has been slow and there has been little progress in development of drug resistant Tuberculosis. PHOTO | SHUTTERSTOCK

A group of African scientists have stepped up efforts to find cure for Tuberculosis (TB) and malaria — two devastating diseases that disproportionately impact the African continent.

The team spread across the continent received a joint investment of $7.2 million from a medical research charity to develop new drugs for the two deadly diseases.