South Africa: TB Contact Tracing Helps Save Lives - This Is How It Works in SA

[spotlight] Globally an estimated 850 000 lives could be saved by 2035 if short-course tuberculosis (TB) preventive therapy is provided to people living with HIV and contacts of individuals newly diagnosed with TB, a recent analysis published in the journal The Lancet Global Health found. 700 000 of those lives saved would be among children aged 15 years and younger.
Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis - Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Health and Medicine South Africa Southern Africa Sustainable Development Tuberculosis Source Type: news