OPINION: The promise of a financial boost for TB programmes – where to from here?
When Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana delivered his budget speech in February, TB got a special mention for the first time in years.
When Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana delivered his budget speech in February, TB got a special mention for the first time in years.
The TB sector, for one, is still dealing with fallout – a reduction in testing and diagnosis as well as an increase in the number of deaths.
To deal with this fallout, there has been a massive push to regain the momentum that was lost due to the reallocation of resources coupled with people not seeking health services.
The second edition of the State of TB Report takes a more in depth look at the governance of TB programmes in South Africa.
TBAC argues more money must be allocated to TB to provide for testing and medicines, as per the TB Recovery Plan.
TB Accountability Consortium launches the first State of TB Report in South Africa. The report ooks at the challenge of TB within South Africa’s complex health system to understand what is needed to help the country regain the ground it has lost.