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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.
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SA among 30 countries with highest multi-resistant TB cases
A graphic on the global burden of TB, including 558,000 multi-drug resistant cases in 2017.
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Deadly drug-resistant TB a 'blinking red' global threat
Tuberculosis has become resistant to antimicrobials in an estimated 600,000 cases worldwide.
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Fund battling Aids, TB and malaria seeks $14bn to invigorate fight
The Global Fund is a group of governments, civil society and private sector partners which invests around $4 billion a year to fight infectious diseases.
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WC sees slight drop in successful TB treatment cases
This is according to the Western Cape Health Department's annual report.
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New weapons drawn in global TB fight
Tuberculosis, a severe lung infection that is curable but historically hard to detect, kills more people each year than HIV and Aids, and more than three times more than malaria.
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The global burden of TB
Graphic on the global burden of tuberculosis, including 558,000 multi-drug resistant cases in 2017.
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'Game changer' tuberculosis drug cures 8 in 10
The results from a trial in Belarus show that of the 181 patients given the new drug, 168 people completed the course and 144 were totally cured.
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[ANALYSIS] To eliminate TB we need imagination and ambition
Professor Madhukar Pai says the fact that we are still using century-old tools to tackle the biggest killer infection betrays a complete lack of ambition.
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[OPINION] SA’s historic silicosis class action: why the settlement matters
Class action is a newish feature within South Africa's legal landscape. Cases such as the silicosis matter are likely to influence many more.
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Gold mine companies sign R5bn class action settlement in silicosis case
Lawyers representing miners say the agreement with the 32 gold mine companies provides meaningful compensation to all eligible workers.
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Research into new TB vaccine shows positive results
The vaccine sets out to prevent the progression of latent tuberculosis infection to the active form of the disease.
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JHB health MMC concerned about people who leave TB treatment
Almost 13,000 people took part in the TB programme in 2016 of which over 800 defaulted and never completed the treatment.
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CT sees 24% drop in TB
JP Smith says while the number of cases has decreased from almost 30,000 in 2010 to under 23,000 in 2018 - it's still alarmingly high.
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David Mabuza calls for end to HIV and Aids stigma
In his first official visit to KwaZulu-Natal since becoming deputy president, David Mabuza has urged the thousands gathered to regularly test for both TB and HIV.
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TAC audit reveals public clinics present risk of contracting TB
The disease remains the leading cause of death in South Africa, claiming over 30,000 lives in 2015.
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Aid workers: Migrant death in Italy points to dire conditions in Libya
Huge numbers of migrants have converged on Libya in recent years in the hope of crossing the Mediterranean to Europe, and many of those who avoid drowning are arriving in Italy in terrible physical shape.
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[FACT CHECK] Is heart disease SA’s leading cause of death?
Africa Check takes a closer look at accuracy of a tweet by a local health and wellness website.
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Zim nurse awarded HIV/TB Research Prize for groundbreaking study
Chenai Mathabire produced scientific evidence that an easy-to-use tuberculosis test can be rolled out as a diagnostic tool.
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NICD: Tuberculosis rate declines in SA
From 2005 to 2015 there’s been a 33% decline in TB infections among women aged between 25 and 44.
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Correctional Services tackles TB in prisons
The Department of Correctional Services says it is committed to fighting tuberculosis through its healthcare programme at South African prisons.
