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Angelina Jolie takes on her biggest role — as a TB-sniffing rat
Angelina might just have saved a life. But is there science to prove it?
Is ‘all-in-one healthcare’ a dream?
Is getting all you need from one health team far fetched? Actually not. It's one field where the public health system beats the private one.
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.
Bikers go full throttle to speed up TB cure in Zimbabwe
A programme with the health department sees motorbikes being used to deliver drugs to people in far-flung places who can't afford the fare.
SA makes great strides in treating ‘strong’ TB
The country has one of the highest tuberculosis burdens.
But it is rapidly gaining access to new diagnostic tools and medicine for drug-resistant TB.
Quick urine TB test a life-saver, but only in certain cases
There are fears that, because the LAM measure is easily administered, it could be used when conditions call for more detailed analysis.
If SA wins the fight against TB, the world will benefit
South Africa lost nearly 100 000 people to TB last year – three-quarters of whom were HIV-positive. Reducing the burden will benefit the economy.
Unlikely perk of prison life: Free, speedy TB treatment
South African jails are making notable strides in screening for, and curing, tuberculosis.
Government tackles TB in prisons
Initiatives in the past four years have greatly increased inmates’ access to healthcare.
From critical condition to stable
The nation's healthcare system reflects the actions of the ministers responsible for it over the years.
TB cannot be kept behind bars
World TB Day is on March 24: We look at plans to curb the disease's spread – in prisons and beyond.