Malawi: Community Sputum Collection Groups Thwart 15 000 TB Cases

20 September 2019

Community sputum collection points across Malawi managed to identify at least 1000 Tuberculosis (TB) patients in 2018 alone and helped the sick to access treatment, effectively avoiding transmission which could have lead to 15,000 new TB cases.

Technical and Advocacy Coordinator for TB at Action Aid Malawi, Kondwani Mshali, disclosed this in Mbwadzulu village in Mangochi District when his organization appreciated interventions being done by some organisations that are sub-recipients of the Joint TB/HIV Global Fund.

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