TB Accountability Consortium

TB Accountability Consortium

TB champions share ongoing challenges and gaps in care in their provinces

One of the biggest challenges to reduce South Africa’s TB burden is people’s ability to complete their treatment. But, in two provinces, the country’s TB ambassadors are working to fix this. The TBAC team reached out to dedicated TB champions in the Eastern Cape and Western Cape to discuss the challenges in the provinces and how they mobilise people and help link them to care. Provincial TB champions raised concerns about patients being lost-to follow up and how cross-border and inter-districts movements affects treatment completion. They share their insights on the realities on the ground and the work being done […]

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June 2025 TBAC Budget submission Presentation
Civil society organisations provide budget inputs to parliament

Civil society organisations are sounding the alarm over South Africa’s underfunded public health system, warning that continued neglect is threatening years of progress in reducing TB cases and improving rural healthcare.   In presentations to the Standing Committee on Appropriations, the TB Accountability Consortium (TBAC) and the Rural Health Advocacy Project (RHAP) called for urgent political will, better planning, and targeted investment in vulnerable communities.  RHAP highlighted that despite the government’s planned R20 billion increase to the health budget, rural communities would continue to face dire health outcomes. Researcher and policy officer Celene Coleman noted that RHAP welcomed the hiring […]

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TB’s preventative treatment regimen: a health worker shares her experience
TB’s preventative treatment regimen: a health worker shares her experience  

When TB Preventative Therapy (TPT) was first adopted in South Africa in 2002, the idea was that it would only be offered to people who were at the highest risk of getting TB disease after being exposed. These were mainly children under the age of five and people living with HIV, regardless of their age.   At the time, preventative therapy entailed a cocktail of anti-tuberculosis medicines, given with the intention of preventing the person from getting TB. The treatment period was between one to six months and resulted in significant side effects which affected how people adhered to the regimens and whether […]

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SITSHELE: It’s time to tell us!

Translated as “tells us” in isiZulu, Sitshele wants get the government to answer critical questions about the TB response.

Sitshele shares the stories of all the ordinary people who have been affected by TB, forcing the government to see why TB now needs to be a national priority.

Partners

The consolidation of partnerships is currently underway, yet TBAC looks to work closely with the following leading organisations in the TB landscape: