TB
Hundreds march to Union Buildings over health system corruption
Protesters speak of ignorance and bigotry from clinic staff
News | 19 October 2021
We followed community health worker Katrina Jacobs for a day. It’s incredible what she does
She is one of thousands providing essential care across the country
Feature | 21 August 2020
Staff picket over plan to convert TB hospital to treat Covid-19
Emergency medical services and unions say personal protective equipment is in short supply
Brief | 8 May 2020
Cape Town’s children seem to be getting healthier
Cases of diarrhoea and malnutrition have dropped
By Elsabé Brits
News | 11 July 2019
South African researchers develop quicker way to detect drug resistance
Local man develops resistance to new TB medicine despite good adherence
By Elsabé Brits
Science | 10 July 2019
International tuberculosis commission praises SA government’s increased investment
TB killed 1.6 million people worldwide in 2017
By Elsabé Brits
News | 1 April 2019
New tuberculosis vaccine raises hopes
But one more large trial is needed, says TB activist
By Kim Reynolds
Brief | 28 September 2018
How do we prevent South Africans from getting sick with TB?
Part three of a three-part series on a neglected disease that kills over a hundred thousand South Africans every year
Feature | 22 May 2018
TB research is underfunded but new medicines are on their way
Part two of a three part series on a neglected disease that kills over a hundred thousand South Africans every year
Feature | 17 May 2018