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South Africa: Gauteng Makes Progress in Fight Against TB
[SAnews.gov.za] As South Africa observes TB Awareness Month, the Gauteng Department of Health (GDoH) has reported sustained progress in the fight against tuberculosis, particularly in reducing mortality, improving treatment outcomes and maintaining strong case detection.

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Africa: Near Point-of-Care Tests for Tuberculosis - Report
[MSF] Informed by Médecins Sans Frontières' (MSF's) extensive experience in tuberculosis diagnosis and care, this factsheet provides an overview of key technical and operational considerations for the implementation of emerging near point-of-care nucleic acid amplification tests (nPOC-NAATs) for tuberculosis.

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South Africa: Spotlight Launches New TB Dashboard
[spotlight] Spotlight has unveiled a new tuberculosis (TB) dashboard and graph generator. We hope this dashboard will help people get a clearer picture of the state of South Africa's TB epidemic - an epidemic that still claims over 50 000 lives a year.

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Nigeria: From Symptoms to Same-Day Action - Insights On Sweat-Based TB Screening From Dr Olufemi Adewole
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South Africa: TB Harnesses Part of Immune Defence System to Cause Infection
[UCT] Scientists from the University of Cape Town's (UCT) Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine (IDM) have contributed to an international study that shed new light on why humans and animals are so susceptible to contracting tuberculosis (TB) - and it involves the bacteria harnessing part of the immune system meant to protect against infection.

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