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Of the more than 1.6 million TB deaths recorded every year, more than 75,000 are in South Africa alone. Noah Seelam/AFP via Getty Images

October 29, 2021

How COVID‑19 threatens to undo years of progress in TB control

Indira Govender, Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI); Alison Grant, Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI); Al Leslie, UCL; Emily B. Wong, Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI), and Yumna Moosa, Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI)

Progress against tuberculosis has long been inadequate to reach the target of elimination by 2030. But before the COVID-19 pandemic the world was making steady progress in diagnosing and treating TB.

The WHO recommends that TB prevalence surveys be done in high burden countries. Spencer Platt/Getty Images

March 14, 2021

First ever national survey shows the extent of South Africa’s TB problem

Emily B. Wong, Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI) and Alison Grant, Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI)

South Africa’s long-awaited TB prevalence survey results were recently released. They reveal that the country has a much higher burden of TB than previously thought.

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