The TB Accountability Consortium will be joining hands with the provincial health department in KwaZulu-Natal to improve the TB response in the province.  The province remains one of South Africa’s TB hotspots in South Africa, where 54 000 people still die of TB each year despite it being a preventable and treatable disease.  In July, the TBAC outreach team met with the Provincial Department of Health to talk about some of the challenges that were being experienced.  At the top of the list was the absence of communication campaigns. According to Rosslyn Page,  the TB control program’s Advocacy Communication and […]

21 August 2024 South Africa has made significant gains in reversing the losses following the two-year response to the global covid pandemic. In the last year, we have seen a significant increase in TB testing with increases in the number of people initiated on TB treatment. Avoidable TB deaths remain way too high with over 50 000 people losing their lives annually to a curable and preventable disease. Ending TB will require a whole of society approach, and it is to this end that the TB Accountability Consortium (TBAC) welcomes the signing in of the second Presidential Health Compact by […]