08 Jul • South Africa
South Africa: University Research Co./USAID diagnose over 3 thousand patients with TB using facility-based screening strategy
Through the FAST approach, all patients and visitors in participating hospitals are screened for TB in both in- and out-patient departments.
20 November, 2019
African Regional TB Summit: It’s time for Africa to step up efforts to find all missing people with TB
The African Regional TB Summit took place March 4-6 in Kigali, Rwanda, to review progress and challenges, share best practices and support countries to achieve national and global targets.
03 May, 2019
South Africa: Facility-based TB screening increases TB notification in eThekwini
The main focus of the project was to improve screening, diagnosis and linkage to treatment in pediatric and perinatal TB.
23 November, 2018
South Africa is missing more than 45% of its 438,000 people estimated to have developed drug-sensitive TB in 2016. During the same year, more than 37% of its 19,000 people estimated to have developed drug-resistant TB were also missed by the health system.
To find more of its missing people, South Africa is planning to invest in innovative approaches for improved TB care and prevention. As soon as the country’s plans will have been approved by the Global Fund, more details on the interventions will be made available here.