Mpumalanga a TB 'hot spot'
Mpumalanga is a fraction away from being declared a World Health Organization "hot spot" for multi drug-resistant TB. |
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Resistant TB hits hard in KZN
About two-thirds of the total number of 314 confirmed extensive drug-resistant tuberculosis patients in South Africa have died of the illness, according to new figures. |
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SA face quadruple burden
South Africa is suffering from a "quadruple burden of disease," the Medical Research Council said on Wednesday. |
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SA's plan to curb TB
South Africa is one of the four countries in the world with the largest concentration of TB sufferers with diagnosed drug-resistant strains of the disease. |
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TB outbreak in Bay
The Nelson Mandela Bay area is grappling with an increasing number of TB cases, with about 250 new patients being admitted to Livingstone and Dora Nginza hospitals each month. |
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Tough TB quadruples in WCape
Cases of extreme-drug resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) have more than quadrupled in the Western Cape in the past three months, the Cape Times reports. |
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TB: when doctors get sick
New evidence is emerging that TB - including the vicious drug-resistant strains – is not only rife among the poor masses, but is hitting the caregivers assigned to helping them. |
