Tuberculosis
Mozambique rolls out new TB preventative therapy
The fixed dose combination therapy of three pills per week, taken over three months, is expected to simplify treatment and improve adherence.
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Govt will ensure TB patients given more priority - Mabuza
Delivering a keynote address, deputy president and chairperson of the South African Aids Council, David Mabuza, said that government would ensure that TB patients were given more priority.
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As COVID-19 rages, world risks losing TB gains
In the run up to World Tuberculosis Day on Wednesday, the Stop TB Partnership warned that lockdowns and healthcare interventions prompted by COVID-19 had seen a 23% drop in TB treatment and diagnosis.
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ANALYSIS: First ever national survey shows the extent of SA’s TB problem
South Africa’s long-awaited tuberculosis prevalence survey results were recently released. They reveal that the country has a much higher burden of TB than previously thought.
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SA trial shows promise for drug-resistant TB regimen
The Nix-TB trial by the TB Alliance of South Africa tested the three-drug BPaL regimen on 109 patients at three sites in the country.
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Payments for goldminers who contracted silicosis, TB a complex process - trust
The trust held a briefing on Tuesday about the payment process and the work that had been done since it was formally constituted in February last year.
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Coronavirus threatens to reverse progress in TB fight: WHO
The countries hit hard by tuberculosis such as India and South Africa have seen resources usually allocated to diagnosing and treating TB diverted to fighting coronavirus, the WHO said.
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As coronavirus cases fall, WC Health frees up capacity for non-COVID-19 cases
Head of Health, Dr Keith Cloete, said that they had devised a strategy that would allow for the rolling out of services with the least amount of coronavirus infection risk.
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South Africa starts coronavirus trial of TB vaccine
Trials started at Tygerberg Hospital in Cape Town, where BCG booster shots were administered to 250 health care workers, while another 250 received a dummy formula, or placebo.
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Amcu lawyers liken COVID-19 to TB, saying it’s life-threatening
Thursday is day two of a virtual Labour Court sitting in which Amcu wants the mining department and minister to be compelled to make binding regulations that are coupled with potential jail time for mine bosses who do not comply.
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EXPLAINER: How an old TB vaccine might help fight the new coronavirus
Researchers in Australia and Europe are testing whether the Bacille Calmette-Guerin vaccine, introduced in the 1920s to fight tuberculosis, might be deployed to combat COVID-19.
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ANALYSIS: TB, HIV and COVID-19: urgent questions as 3 epidemics collide
Speculation based on the behaviour of other viruses and chronic illnesses raises concerns that HIV and TB patients may have a higher risk of developing severe disease.
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MPs urge citizens to follow basic hygiene to curb COVID-19, TB
Tuberculosis (TB) is on the agenda, but given ongoing developments around the novel virus, members of Parliament (MPs) may focus on the disease.
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Groote Schuur Hospital gets new facility to fight TB
The Western Cape has the highest tuberculosis prevalence rate in the world.
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TB drug price slashed in global push to thwart killer disease
The initiatives came as the United Nations seeks to galvanise the campaign against TB, which killed 1.5 million people worldwide last year and saw 10 million more infected.
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$14 billion goal in sight for fighting Aids, TB, malaria
The money was promised at a replenishment meeting in Lyon, France, of the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria, at which Macron engaged in intense diplomacy to exhort countries to step up donations.
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Vets stumped by how Kruger National Park elephant contracted human TB
In 2016, an elephant was found dead on the side of a road in Kruger National Park. It had died of tuberculosis. But what alarmed vets in the park was that the strain tested positive for human tuberculosis for the first time in South Africa. Since then, scientists at the park have been trying to figure out the implications of this case for the park's elephants.
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UCT study links common contraceptive to rise in TB risk
UCT's Professor Keertan Dheda and Dr Michele Tomasicchio have been researching the link between Depo-Provera and TB for three years.
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'It doesn't discriminate': MSF campaign turns TB survivors into activists
On Sunday was World TB Day, a day to create awareness around an illness that reportedly claims 4,500 lives every day.
