Extensively Drug Resistant Tb
latest news & developments
Superbugs plus climate change equals double trouble. Here’s why
As the Earth becomes hotter, we’re seeing more floods and droughts. Flooding can make superbugs spread faster and further. And heat helps germs adapt faster
SA scores new medicine worth millions – for free
A deal brokered with the health department guarantees free access but for how long?
TB diagnosis should start at home
An active approach to identifying TB at the community level is needed in a country with one of the highest rates of the disease in the world.
Turning the tide on TB
Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi commemorated World TB Day by unveiling the only GeneXpert system in Africa on Thursday.
TB: Staying the course
Sibongile has been diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB) three times; this year she found out she has multidrug-resistant TB.
Ramping up the battle against TB
The battlefield in the fight against TB has been mapped out in the province with the highest prevalence of the disease — KwaZulu-Natal.
Drug-resistant TB to affect two-million by 2015
By 2015 more than two-million people will contract a form of TB resistant to standard drugs, the World Health Organisation said on Wednesday.