[caption id="attachment_1614" align="alignnone" width="567"] Photo by Thys Dullaart[/caption] The residents of Lusikisiki in the Eastern Cape are poised to celebrate the opening of a brand new temporary clinic. Plans…
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[caption id="attachment_1632" align="alignnone" width="567"] Kotyana Clinic has had solar panels for about three years, but they were never connected. The clinic has no electricity or running water. Photo by Thys…
[caption id="attachment_1744" align="alignnone" width="567"] Women wait for hours to be seen by a primary health care nurse on an Eastern Cape health outpost in the OR Tambo district. Photo by…
[caption id="attachment_1661" align="alignnone" width="567"] The morning drug burden for a patient in an inpatient MDR-TB treatment facility in Kwa-Zulu Natal. Photo by Amelia Rutter, courtesy of Photoshare[/caption] South Africa’s…
[caption id="attachment_1671" align="alignnone" width="567"] Photo by Samantha Reinders, courtesy of Médecins Sans Frontières[/caption] A senior manager from South Africa’s Department of Health once said that managing a healthcare system…
[caption id="attachment_1682" align="alignnone" width="567"] Photo by Samantha Reinders, courtesy of Médecins Sans Frontières[/caption] The National Strategic Plan lists the HIV and TB-related targets that South Africa aims to achieve…
[caption id="attachment_1698" align="alignnone" width="567"] Adherence clubs for HIV-positive patients have been successful in strengthening their treatment, adherence and outcomes. Photo by Samantha Reinders, courtesy of Médecins Sans Frontières.[/caption] “What…
TB is an airborne disease with an increased potential for transmission in poorly ventilated and overcrowded spaces. An infectious individual is far more likely to transmit TB in such environments.…
Stakeholders met to discuss strategies to prevent and treat tuberculosis (TB) – the leading cause of death in South Africa’s correctional centres – at the University of the Witwatersrand on…
[caption id="attachment_1422" align="alignnone" width="567"] Photo by Shyam Goswami[/caption] The search for an effective TB vaccine has so far failed to produce a silver bullet against the disease and recent trial…
[caption id="attachment_1585" align="alignnone" width="567"] A patient at Lizo Nobanda TB Care Centre in Khayelitsha takes her TB medication. Photo by Jose Cendon, courtesy of Médecins Sans Frontières[/caption] In December 2012,…