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  • Graphic on the global burden of tuberculosis, including 558,000 multi-drug resistant cases in 2017. Picture: AFP

    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.

    770 days ago
  • A digitally colourised scanning electron microscopic image depicts a grouping of red-coloured, rod-shaped Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria which cause tuberculosis in human beings. Picture: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

    Deadly drug-resistant TB a 'blinking red' global threat

    Tuberculosis has become resistant to antimicrobials in an estimated 600,000 cases worldwide.

    805 days ago
  • Peter Sands, the director of the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Picture: @theglobalfund/Facebook.com.

    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.

    832 days ago
  • A combination of drug therapies that could help the fight against multidrug-resistant tuberculosis is being investigated by the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and TB Alliance. Picture: TB Alliance

    WC sees slight drop in successful TB treatment cases

    This is according to the Western Cape Health Department's annual report.

    895 days ago
  • FILE: Picture: Pixabay.com.

    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.

    910 days ago
  • Graphic on the global burden of tuberculosis, including 558,000 multi-drug resistant cases in 2017. Picture: AFP

    The global burden of TB

    Graphic on the global burden of tuberculosis, including 558,000 multi-drug resistant cases in 2017.

    912 days ago
  • A digitally colourised scanning electron microscopic image depicts a grouping of red-coloured, rod-shaped Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria which cause tuberculosis in human beings. Picture: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

    '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.

    912 days ago
  • A combination of drug therapies that could help the fight against multidrug-resistant tuberculosis is being investigated by the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and TB Alliance. Picture: TB Alliance

    [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.

    916 days ago
  • Picture: Pixabay.com

    [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.

    1078 days ago
  • Members of the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) & Sonke Gender Justice protesting outside court to show their support for ex-miners seeking compensation for contracting silicosis while working underground. Picture: Gia Nicolaides/EWN

    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.

    1085 days ago
  • A digitally colourised scanning electron microscopic image depicts a grouping of red-coloured, rod-shaped Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria which cause tuberculosis in human beings. Picture: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

    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.

    1109 days ago
  • Picture: EWN.

    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.

    1124 days ago
  • A digitally colourised scanning electron microscopic image depicts a grouping of red-coloured, rod-shaped Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria which cause tuberculosis in human beings. Picture: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

    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.

    1126 days ago
  • Deputy President David Mabuza addressing thousands gathered at Cato Manor as the government commemorate World Tuberculosis Day on 22 March. Picture: @GovernmentZA/Twitter.

    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.

    1127 days ago
  • Picture: Supplied

    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.

    1129 days ago
  • Spanish NGO Proactiva Open Arms rescued 93 people from an overcrowded rubber boat off Libya. Picture: Proactiva Open Arms/Facebook.

    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.

    1134 days ago
  • Picture: Supplied

    [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.

    1325 days ago
  • Chenai Mathabire (left), MSF nurse and Researcher won the HIV/TB Research Prize at this year’s IAS for her study on the feasibility of using Determine TB-LAM. Picture: MSF.

    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.

    1359 days ago
  • Picture: pixabay.com

    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.

    1489 days ago
  • Sand art at Puri Beach in India to mark World TB Day. Picture: @sudarsansand/Twitter.

    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.

    1490 days ago
  • A look at the global burden of TB, including 480,000 multi-drug resitant cases in 2015.

    The global tuberculosis situation

    A look at the global burden of tuberculosis, including 480,000 multi-drug resistant cases in 2015.

    1490 days ago
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