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South Africa: Health System Blamed for TB Explosion
allAfrica, 6 September 2012
Weaknesses in South Africa's public health system have been cited as being among the reasons tuberculosis has increased four-fold in the last 15 years. Read more »
South Africa's Health System Blamed for TB Explosion
As global tuberculosis rates are declining, South Africa has seen a 400-percent increase in the incidence of tuberculosis in the last 15 years, a major conference on poverty has heard.
TB face mask (file photo): The health and wellbeing of South Africans is worsening rather than improving, according to a key indicator.
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5 September 2012
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South Africans Use Constitution to Fight Poverty
- Author:
- Mantsadi Sepheka
- Publisher:
- Mantsadi Sepheka
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