Africans need to be fully involved in drug discovery and development research for tuberculosis on the continent
The need for a new tuberculosis vaccine is as urgent as ever, and now a local pharmaceutical company is joining the race to find one
By 2030, the planet is likely to be warmer, undermining the fight against tuberculosis
In the past five years, none of the targets political leaders adopted after the previous round of high-level discussions on the fight against tuberculosis at the United Nations General Assembly have been met
Terms of References for the Preparation of the Lesotho Project Implementation Completion Report
The only anti-tuberculosis shot we have is the century-old BCG vaccine given to infants, whose protection only lasts for 10 to 20 years
Nhe new guidelines say anyone who has a big chance of getting infected can get access to preventive medicines
The goal of ‘zero harm’ has seen progress but is yet to be fully realised
More than half of people in South Africa with tuberculosis may not know it, because they don’t have symptoms such as coughing and weight loss
Two nonprofits are training African giant pouched rats to detect smuggled contraband in shipping containers
The reduction of deaths from falls of ground accidents is significant, because this usually contributes the most to total mine fatalities
There has been progress in some countries but it’s still a long way off from curtailing tuberculosis on the continent
TB was the leading cause of teenage deaths between 2008 and 2018 in South Africa
Researchers struggle to understand how teenagers experience tuberculosis treatment, and they haven’t done enough to ask, experts at last week’s seventh South African TB conference argued
The Foundation for Professional Development accepted a R2-million research grant from an organisation that’s regarded as a front for Philip Morris International
Five years of progress in the fight against TB have been eliminated because of the pandemic
Sidelined during the Covid-19 pandemic, the country’s deadliest disease has been working under cover
The Fix The Patent Laws Campaign wants Trade Minister Ebrahim Patel to publish amendments to the Patent Act to make all medication affordable
The Tshiamiso Trust has begun paying out workers who contracted silicosis and TB in South Africa’s gold mines, but the amounts are paltry against what they have lost to poor health over the years.
Families will never forget how iphika took their fathers, brothers, husbands and breadwinners after they spent the best years of their lives digging up gold in the mines
Strategic investments in health care for all are needed to ensure safe births, treatment of tuberculosis, malaria, measles, pneumonia and diarrhoea, and children are vaccinated
Pandemic disrupts the supply of external condoms — and inner ones are unknown and in short supply
More men than women have tuberculosis and 82% are in the 15 to 24 age group
While data is still trickling in on how much the pandemic affects health systems, there are far-reaching consequences for people living with HIV and tuberculosis.
It is imperative that we train healthcare workers and participate in continent-wide collaboration
In Africa, more people will die as a result of what we are doing to prevent Covid-19 than will be saved by doing it
Scientists are seeking to manufacture key medications in South Africa, saving on costs and shoring up decreased supplies
Framing coronavirus as a security threat is not the only possible approach
We need to resist the patriarchy, racism, sexism and capitalist greed that is still prevalent on the globe
According to UN figures, some 3 400 migrants and refugees remain detained in Tripoli, which has seen a surge in fighting since early April
South African scientists need to develop health technologies that respond to our society’s most pressing needs
One in four people carry this potentially deadly bug? Now a new shorter treatment can prevent it from making you sick.