As the world continues to grapple with tuberculosis (TB), a longstanding public health concern, there remains an urgent need to address the challenges within the National TB Programme. While there has been progress in increasing the number of individuals receiving care and returning to pre-COVID performance levels within the National TB Programme, there are still issues that need to be addressed. These include ensuring funding, enhancing accountability, and strengthening bi-directional decision-making. One of our TB podcast speakers, Dr Waasila Jassat, who currently provides technical support to the National TB Programme and chairs the TB vaccines working group, notes that […]
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Traditional medicine has been deeply rooted in African culture and identity for centuries, providing essential healthcare and wellbeing to communities across the continent. August 26 – 31 2024 marks the annual African Traditional Medicine Week, a celebration of the diverse and vibrant traditions of African medicine, from herbal remedies to spiritual healing practices. In recent years, there has been a growing recognition of the need for collaboration between African Traditional Medicine (ATM) and Western medicine to improve healthcare outcomes for patients and explore the importance of ATM in its interaction with the health system around patient care. This is especially […]
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South Africa’s eighth TB conference covered a variety of topics: the possibility of vaccine rollout in the next five years, the integration of TB and nutrition, human rights, issues around advocacy and genomics.
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Global leaders are in New York for the UN High Level Meeting on TB. The meeting gives SA a chance to reflect on its TB programme.
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The National Department of Health has embarked on an ambitious National TB Recovery Plan. Where should it’s focus be?
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The challenge with people not testing is the nature of the disease and how it has been spread. Mostly affecting South Africa’s poorest citizens, TB is airborne and spreads in overcrowded, poorly ventilated areas.
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