Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the oldest infectious diseases in recorded history. Most people who are ill with TB live in low- and middle-income countries where this disease is ... Read more »
A team of scientists, including those from the University of Cape Town (UCT) in South Africa, have developed a new diagnostic methodology enabling a non-invasive, fast and highly ... Read more »
Despite winning a U.S.$346 million settlement in 2018, miners who contracted tuberculosis (TB) and silicosis at work, and the family members of those who died, are still waiting ... Read more »
One of the most striking findings of South Africa's first National Tuberculosis (TB) Prevalence Survey was that of 234 people found to have TB, around 58% had abnormal chest X-rays ... Read more »
Tuberculosis (TB) is a major cause of illness and death around the world. In 2019, 10 million people fell ill with TB and close to 1,4 million people died. It's estimated that a ... Read more »
A new TB report, Step Up for TB 2020, reveals that millions of people are still diagnosed and treated based on outdated policies and using old tools and approaches. This is im Read more »
Two pioneers of Doctors Without Borders (MSF) HIV programmes in Khayelitsha, a township in Cape Town, Dr Eric Goemaere and nurse Nompumelelo Mantangana, look back at the defining ... Read more »
Tuberculosis (TB) treatment can be shortened from six to four months in 80% of children. This is according to findings from the SHINE study that were presented at a leading TB ... Read more »
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries were making steady progress in tackling tuberculosis, with a 9% reduction in incidence seen between 2015 and 2019 and a 14% drop in ... Read more »
The Ministry of Health and Child Care has raised the alarm over the shortage of Tuberculosis drugs essential for HIV/TB treatment. This comes barely a month after thousands of ... Read more »
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