TB is one of the oldest infectious diseases in recorded history. Most of the people who are ill with TB live in low- and middle-income countries where this disease is one of the leading causes of death...
Bavesh Kana 22 Jul 2021
South Africa's massive effort over the years to test and treat people for HIV has drastically improved public health. But in that process, other diseases that are highly prevalent may have been neglected...
Emily B Wong 28 Jun 2021
New research by scientists at the University of Cape Town examined the relationship between SARS-CoV-2-specific CD4 response to Covid-19 severity and impact of HIV and tuberculosis (TB) co-infection...
A study has revealed that a novel six-month treatment regimen is effective for multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB)...
In a time when the world is focusing on Covid-19 vaccines, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has highlighted the importance of routine immunisations for diseases such as measles, tetanus and polio...
Jean-Francois Maystadt, Kalle Hirvonen & Nik Stoop 21 May 2021
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is a unique pathogen in that it is able to survive in the human body for decades...
Adolescents with perinatally acquired HIV (APHIV) had a fourfold increased risk of tuberculosis (TB) disease despite access to antiretroviral therapy (ART)...
The Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted the country's TB programme, and led to a decline in the diagnosis rate. Now it seems that the health system is seeing an increase in patients presenting with more advanced TB...
Mohammed Rassool & Pauline Howell 24 Mar 2021
Tuberculosis (TB) is a major cause of illness and death around the world. In 2019, 10-million people fell ill with TB and close to 1.4-million people died. Most (95%) of the cases are in low- and middle-income countries...
Violet Chihota 23 Mar 2021
South Africa's long-awaited tuberculosis (TB) prevalence survey results were recently released. This is the first national prevalence survey of its kind for TB in South Africa...
Emily B Wong & Alison Grant 15 Mar 2021
Research has discovered that antiretroviral treatment (ART) reduces the risk of developing active TB in HIV co-infected people by reducing the activation of the body's immune response...
Tuberculosis (TB) is ranked as one of the deadliest infectious diseases globally. According to the World Health Organisation's (WHO) Global Tuberculosis Report]], Africa hosts 25% of the world's TB burden...
What a year 2020 has been! So, we've curated the year's most popular articles, most-read contributors and brand press offices with the most views on Bizcommunity's Healthcare platform into our #BestofBiz2020 list
A study has shown that certain immune systems react differently when exposed to the bacteria that cause tuberculosis (Mycobacterium tuberculosis or Mtb) than others...
