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SA research contributes to global change in treatment of drug-resistant TB

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Research conducted in South Africa to find shorter, more effective treatments for drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) has contributed to a shift in global policy guidelines. The World Health Organisation (WHO) recently announced upcoming updates to the guidance on the treatment of…

LililtaG
May 13, 2022

‘Losing her to TB was the most painful thing I ever went through as a parent,’- a mother shares her story

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A mother shares the story of how she adopted an HIV-positive teenager to give her a better life, and the pain of losing the child to tuberculosis (TB).

NdivhuwoMukwevho
March 31, 2021

With zero patients in the XDR TB ward, North West hospital reaches new milestone

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After implementing a new form of treatment for drug resistant TB, Tshepong hospital has seen such high rates of success that patients numbers and community infections have dwindled.

Nthusang Lefafa
September 11, 2020

#WorldTBDay: One man’s long — but victorious — battle against TB

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At 13, most boys dream of becoming football stars, musicians or famous actors but Thabo Pelesane discovered that he had pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) in 1989 while he was still at Itirele Primary School in Jouberton near Klerksdorp.

Nthusang Lefafa
March 24, 2020

US approves new TB drug tested in South Africa

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The world is one step closer to ending the deadliest form of the deadliest infectious disease known to man: extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB).

Amy Green
August 16, 2019

Two women vs ‘big pharma’ to fight TB

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One hails from Mumbai and the other from Khayelitsha but the pair has teamed up after surviving the planet’s deadliest infectious disease; tuberculosis (TB). Toxic treatment robbed both women of their hearing and a newer, safer, drug is unaffordable leaving many people with the choice between deafness or death.

Amy Green
February 13, 2019

Two women vs ‘big pharma’ to fight TB

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Amy Green
February 13, 2019

Bedaquiline price protests hit World Lung Conference launch

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THE HAGUE – As the opening ceremony of the 49th Union World Conference on Lung Health kicked off in the Netherlands last night, protesting activists demanded Johnson & Johnson (J&J) slash its price for the blockbuster tuberculosis (TB) drug, bedaquiline.

Amy Green
October 25, 2018

Hope for strong world declaration on deadly TB

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Last week the World Health Organsiation (WHO) changed its treatment recommendations for the deadliest form of TB, drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB), following South Africa's bold decision.

Amy Green
August 23, 2018

World first for SA: All-access for blockbuster TB drug

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South Africa made history on Monday when the health department announced that all drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) patients will be eligible to receive the new medicine, bedaquiline, becoming the first country to do so.

Amy Green
June 19, 2018

Wonder drug helps fight against drug-resistant TB

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A death sentence. That is how the deadliest form of tuberculosis (TB) is often described. But breakthrough data from South Africa on the blockbuster anti-TB drug bedaquiline could change the fate of people with extensively drug-resistant TB (XDR-TB).

Amy Green
June 18, 2018

Op-ed: Championing a TB free South Africa

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Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi is that fiery blend of political activism, commitment to mission, and professional competence that will help to bring an end to tuberculosis (TB), writes TB Proof's Ingrid Schoeman ahead of World TB Day on Saturday.