Interactive Data Dashboards
Live indicators, province breakdowns and downloadable data.
South Africa has the third highest burden of TB in the world after China and India – approximately 1% of the South African population gets active tuberculosis every year. While the number of TB patients initiated on treatment under the National TB Programme appears to be decreasing over the last four years, the number of…
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ABOUT TB TB is second only to HIV/AIDS as the greatest killer worldwide due to a single infectious agent. In 2012, 8.6 million people fell ill with TB and 1.3 million died from TB. Over 95% of TB deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries, and it is among the top three causes of death…
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“The greatest infectious killer in human history is making a comeback, morphing into new drug resistant forms. While it is largely forgotten in wealthy nations, millions of people a year get sick from tuberculosis (TB).” Journalist Jo Chandler shares this sobering reminder in an excellent article published in the The Global Mail on June 12,…
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