Impact of Covid-19 intervention on TB Testing in South Africa

Publisher:
National Institute for Communicable Disease
Publication Date:
16 December 2021
Tags:
South Africa, Tuberculosis

South Africa carries a disproportionate burden of tuberculosis (TB) per capita and is listed in all three categories of priority countries by the World Health Organization (TB, TB/HIV and RR-MDR-TB). The estimated number of incident TB cases in SA for 2018 was 301 000 while the estimated number of deaths due to TB in the same year was 63 000[1]. Significant progress has been made in improving the diagnosis of TB in the country with universal testing of all individuals with symptoms suggestive of TB (cough, fever etc.) using Xpert MTB/ RIF Ultra (Xpert) assay with > 2 million individuals tested annually in South Africa.

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