South Africa: North West Health On Working Together to Stop Spread of Tuberculosis

press release

MEC Masike: Let's work together to stop spread of TB

Though tuberculosis (TB) is curable even if you are HIV positive, it remains one of the leading causes of death in South Africa. This can be attributed to patients defaulting on treatment that leads to Multi Drug Resistant TB (MDR TB) and Extreme Drug TB, which is difficult to treat.

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