This kills more than 700 of us each day. Now, the UN wants to do something about it.
In a historic first, the UN just held a high-level meeting on TB. There was one on lifestyle diseases too. But did these sittings achieve anything?
Abortion: Government to get tougher on doctors with moral objections
Draft guidelines will look to balance a doctor or nurse's right recuse themselves from performing abortions with a person's right to choose.
We can achieve a TB-free South Africa, but it’s time to pick up the pace
Today, SA is seeing fewer new TB cases and deaths than ever before.
United Nations' first high-level meeting on TB could usher in a new world order
The global body heeds calls by SA health minister Aaron Motsoaledi for high-level meeting on age-old killer.
Will South Africa reach its 90-90-90 HIV targets?
The country has made progress with its plans to prevent, treat and monitor HIV but still has a long way to go.
Staunching SA's pregnancy wound
Unless the state's plan to curb maternal deaths is wholly implemented, it won't make a dent.
