What the data tells us about South Africa’s TB response
By: Aphelele Buqwana Since its launch last year, the National End TB Dashboard has given researchers, advocates, programme managers and communities a clearer view of how TB testing is being delivered across the country. By making routinely collected testing data publicly available, the dashboard has allowed for closer examination of testing patterns across provinces, districts, age groups and sex. But South Africa’s efforts to find people with TB earlier continue to face gaps in testing, with access and reach varying across population groups and districts, while 56 000 people die from TB each year. Having access to the data has created an opportunity to look beyond national testing figures […]
