The same structural failures that sustain the HIV epidemic also sustain tuberculosis
The Highveld, Vaal Triangle and Waterberg–Bojanala areas linked to higher rates of respiratory disease and TB
It must be noted that the role of AI is not to tell the farmer that their ancestral knowledge is wrong but a tool to enhance that knowledge with information they couldn’t…
From discontinued insulin pens to overpriced TB drugs, meet the young South African holding drug makers to account on behalf of patients
As government clinics take on HIV patients who were previously treated by Pepfar-funded projects, the treatment of conditions like diabetes and heart disease will come under…
If all of its National Institutes of Health funding falls away, the country could lose 70% of its medical research capacity
Diseases don’t respect national borders … governments all over the world need to work together to rein them in
In December, the Global Fund and the US President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief committed to funding the roll-out of lenacapavir in countries they support
Sources that are unrestricted, aligned with South African law and human rights, and without political interference, must be found as an alternative to the US
About 60 000 South Africans die in a year from diseases that are not caused by tuberculosis or HIV before they turn 70, and about a fifth of these are from diabetes
Antagonism and tension are inherent in our being but we can change the conversation
Despite being a preventable and curable disease, about 150 people died from TB every day in South Africa in 2022
About 83 out of every 100 people in our country depend on the public sector for their health care
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…
The judge said the need to widen access to first line ART and TPT therapy on a community level was a dire need
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
