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People weren’t able to be tested or treated for tuberculosis testing or treatment, derailing targets to end the disease(Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
COVID 19

The Covid-19 lockdown tore apart the TB safety net

Five years of progress in the fight against TB have been eliminated because of the pandemic

  • Morounfolu Olugbosi
3 min read
Nelson Mandela University.
CORONAVIRUS

Eastern Cape university goes all in to assist provincial health-care efforts

A special steering committee seeks to fill urgent gaps in the system in order to fight the coronavirus

  • Lungile Pepeta
  • Fikile Nomvete
3 min read