The World Health Organization’s latest global report on tuberculosis has good and bad news for African countries.
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One of the main challenges remains that diagnostics and drugs for people suffering from advanced HIV aren’t readily available. This group of people is vulnerable to deadly opportunistic infections.
Each year 50 000 people from 89 countries, in every continent except Antarctica, die from leishmaniasis, an ancient neglected disease.
More than 250 000 patients at highest risk for cryptococcal meningitis but no symptoms will be screened in South Africa annually to reduce the number of deaths.
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Head: Centre for Healthcare-Associated Infections, Antimicrobial Resistance and Mycoses, NICD, National Institute for Communicable Diseases
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Honorary Research Associate, Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Research, University of Cape Town
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PhD Candidate, University of Cape Town
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Lecturer and Team Leader: Leishmaniasis Research Group, University of Cape Town
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Extraordinary Senior Lecture in the Department of Global Health, Stellenbosch University