New test may decrease tuberculosis death rates for HIV patients in sub-Saharan Africa
A team of scientists have developed a cost-efficient, simple, 25-minute urine test that diagnoses tuberculosis…
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The Republic of South Africa evaluates tuberculosis surveillance system
South Africa’s National Tuberculosis (TB) Control Programme (NTP) said it recently conducted a surveillance of…
Novartis supports pan-African meeting to move faster to malaria elimination
Malaria experts from over 35 African countries came together recently at Novartis’s 14th annual National…
Prisoners screened for MDR-TB in South Africa
More than 40,000 prisoners have been screened for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) this year as the…
Call for mines to invest in African health systems
Health Minister, Dr. Aaron Motsoaledi has called for mining houses to invest in centres for…