{"id":301843,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/301843/?format=json","text_counter":156,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Odhiambo","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":119,"legal_name":"Alfred Bwire Odhiambo","slug":"alfred-bwire"},"content":"asked the Minister for Medical Services:- (a) how many patients have been diagnosed with the highly contagious and drug resistant XDR-TB infection in the country and how many have died due to lack of treatment; (b) whether he could confirm or deny that the only XDR-TB treatment – Nomosim, has not been registered by the Government; and, (c) whether the Government has set aside money for development of isolation and treatment of XDR-TB infection and prevention of its spread and, if so, how much and whether he could also state gains made in arresting the TB burden in the country."}