Unless there is a complete overhaul of how tuberculosis (TB) is tackled, the world’s biggest infectious killer will claim lives for centuries – despite being preventable and curable. So says the Global Plan to End TB, a five-year investment report released on Friday by Stop TB Partnership, an international organisation with 1 300 partners. Statistics SA’s latest mortality study says tuberculosis is the country’s number one killer. In 2013 it resulted in more deaths than any other natural cause, including HIV and pneumonia. The Stop TB plan, which South Africa...
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