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OPINION: New research and implementing lessons from COVID-19 are key to SA’s future TB intervention plans

Posted in: Spotlight

COVID-19 has pushed back our progress on tuberculosis, but we can claw back our gains when we work collaboratively and efficiently, writes Kelvin Vollenhoven and Neetha Morar.

OPINION: New research and implementing lessons from COVID-19 are key to SA’s future TB intervention plans

56 000 TB deaths in SA in 2021, estimates WHO

Posted in: Healthcare system, Latest, TB, TB

In 2021, an estimated 304 000 people in South Africa fell ill with tuberculosis and 56 000 died from the disease, according to new World Health Organization (WHO) figures released on Thursday. Elri Voigt unpacks the latest findings and asks local experts for their responses.