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South Africa: What Is Government Doing to Restore TB Services?
spotlight, 15 December 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic hit South Africa's tuberculosis (TB) response early and hard. Between February and May last year COVID-19 lockdowns resulted in a 59% decline in TB tests, and… Read more »
What is the Govt Doing to Restore TB Services in South Africa?
The Covid-19 pandemic hit South Africa's tuberculosis (TB) response early and hard, writes Tiyese Jeranji for Spotlight.
Between February and May 2020, Covid-19 lockdowns resulted in a 59% decline in TB tests, and a 33% decline in the number of TB diagnoses in South Africa, according to data released last year by the National Institute for Communicable Disease (NICD). The declines are in line with global trends.
Provisional data compiled by the World Health Organization (WHO) from 84 countries indicates that an estimated 1.4 million fewer people received care for tuberculosis (TB) in 2020 than in 2019 - a reduction of 21%. The organisation estimates that the Covid-19-related disruptions in access to TB care could cause an additional half a million TB deaths.
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16 December 2021
Impact of Covid-19 intervention on TB Testing in South Africa
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South Africa carries a disproportionate burden of tuberculosis (TB) per capita and is listed in all three categories of priority countries by the ... see more »
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South Africa: Family Focus Shows Promise for TB Prevention
spotlight, 11 November 2021
Tucked away outside Cape Town, Khayelitsha is a township that is home to about half a million people. Many families in the area share small corrugated zinc houses with limited… Read more »
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South Africa: Five Developments in Paediatric Tuberculosis
spotlight, 4 November 2021
The screening, diagnosis, and treatment of tuberculosis (TB) in children remain far from optimal - and in many respects lag behind what can be done for adults. Read more »
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South Africa: New Study Shows That Normal Breathing Is a Major Spreader of TB
The Conversation Africa, 31 October 2021
Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease transmitted via droplet aerosols. Humans constantly produce aerosols, even during normal breathing. Since Mycobacterium tuberculosis was… Read more »
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South Africa: Quality Tuberculosis Care Starts With People
spotlight, 21 October 2021
The world is seeing tuberculosis (TB) deaths increase for the first time in over a decade, according to the World Health Organization's Global TB Report 2021. In 2020, 1.5 million… Read more »
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South Africa: Western Cape Launches Public Facing TB Dashboard to Help Monitor TB Responses
Govt of SA, 20 September 2021
Western Cape Government launches first-of-a-kind public facing TB dashboard to help monitor the province's TB response Read more »
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