23rd March 2022
The global tuberculosis burden remains substantial, with more than 10 million people newly ill per year
22nd March 2022
In many African countries, there were more deaths from tuberculosis than from COVID-19
27th October 2021
SPOTLIGHT | 27th October 2021 | Tiyese Jeranji The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that over four million of the almost ten million people who fell […]
13th August 2021
Friday, June 4, 2021 – 15:55 SAMRC Cape Town | A study funded by the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) has revealed that a novel […]
15th July 2021
TimesLive | Sunday Times | Sipokazi Fokazi | 15 July 2021 – 16:59 New three-drug regimen cuts treatment of drug-resistant TB down to six months, while […]
24th June 2021
10th June 2021
UCT News | 10 June 2021 | Byline Linda-Gail Bekker, Glenda Gray, Ameena Goga, Nigel Garrett, Lara Fairall, Ian Sanne, Fatima Mayat, Jacquee Odhiambo, Simba Tavuka. […]
8th June 2021
8 June 2021 | Issue 59 There is a Setswana proverb that goes Motho ke Motho ka batho. In isiZulu, it goes umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu. As we commemorated […]
19th May 2021
UCT News | 19 May 2021 | Niémah Davids The ground-breaking XACT Model project, which seeks to advance community-based active case finding (ACF) of tuberculosis (TB) […]
17th May 2021
17 May 2021 | Story Niémah Davids. Read time 7 min. The ground-breaking XACT Model project, which seeks to advance community-based active case finding (ACF) of tuberculosis (TB) […]
29th April 2021
spotlight – 29th April 2021 | Tiyese Jeranji South Africa’s first National TB Prevalence Survey (findings of which were published earlier this year) found that in […]
14th April 2021
spotlight – 14th April 2021 | Tiyese Jeranji After various delays and setbacks, new, less toxic, short-course tuberculosis (TB) prevention therapy is finally being launched in […]