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South Africa: Fight Against TB Gets $94 Million Boost
SAnews.gov.za, 24 March 2024
South Africa's ongoing efforts to respond to Tuberculosis (TB) have been strengthened with funding of $94 million for the next five years. Read more »
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South Africa: MSF Calls for Decentralisation of Life-Saving DR-TB Services in Rural Setting
MSF, 22 March 2024
An evaluation report released today by Doctors Without Borders (MSF) charts progress towards decentralizing services for patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) in South… Read more »
South Africa's Drug-Resistant TB Fight Stalling - Report
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) evaluated efforts to bring drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) treatment closer to patients in KwaZulu-Natal's King Cetshwayo District (KCD).
While some clinics offer DR-TB services, progress is slow. MSF urges prioritizing care for children and those with severe DR-TB in local clinics. Patients face hardship traveling long distances for treatment, and clinics lack resources and trained staff.
Despite being preventable and treatable, the disease claimed the lives of over 50,000 people in 2022, according to the World Health Organisation. MSF calls for renewed efforts to improve access across the region and plans to use these learnings to improve access to treatment for other diseases.
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22 March 2024
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Tuberculosis is a curable disease and commonly affects the lungs of patients. Despite being curable TB remains the number one killer of people living ... see more »
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InFocus
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Ahead of World TB Day, the World Health Organization has said while global efforts to combat the disease have saved an estimated 75 million lives since the year 2000, it still ... Read more »
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A United States drug manufacturer has taken an important step to open the way to improved access to the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) across Africa, AllA Read more »
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Research to establish the various factors for the higher rates of Tuberculosis (TB) and death among men, compared to women in South Africa, has been conducted by Mmamapudi Kubjane, ... Read more »
Phenduka Mtshali, a patient with Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (DR-TB), is seen at her home in Mbongolwanea, a rural area of South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province at the epicentre of South Africa’s HIV & TB epidemic, speaking with MSF fieldworker, Jabulile.
