My journey with Tuberculosis (TB) began in 2010, when I was a first-year university student. I was initially diagnosed with drug-sensitive TB, but that diagnosis was incorrect. In reality, I was living with extensively drug-resistant TB (XDR-TB). By the time the correct results came, my body had already endured months of ineffective treatment—a delay that...

My journey with Tuberculosis (TB) began in 2010, when I was a first-year university student. I was initially diagnosed with drug-sensitive TB, but that diagnosis was incorrect. In reality, I was living with extensively drug-resistant TB (XDR-TB). By the time the correct results came, my body had already endured months of ineffective treatment—a delay that...

As we reflect on the year so far, it is impossible to ignore the challenges we face, particularly in light of the significant US funding cuts to TB-related programming and research grants in South Africa.

As we reflect on the year so far, it is impossible to ignore the challenges we face, particularly in light of the significant US funding cuts to TB-related programming and research grants in South Africa.

As we reflect on the year so far, it is impossible to ignore the challenges we face, particularly in light of the significant US funding cuts to TB-related programming and research grants in South Africa.

As we reflect on the achievements of 2024, we celebrate milestones like the updated Child & Adolescent TB Guidelines and the 2nd TB Modelling Symposium in eThekwini.

I am happy once again to greet you. As we move into summer, we’ve seen many recent successes within the TB Think Tank. Workplans for fiscal 2024/25 have been approved, and many projects are in the works.

2024 marks the 10th year of the South African National TB Think Tank. We would like to take this opportunity to reflect on, be grateful for, and celebrate our incredible journey together over the past decade. 

It’s been 10 years since the TB Think Tank was established whilst there are many amongst us who have detected the increased regularity and increasing consistency of the operation of the Think Tank and others who point out the increasing scope and depth of the work being carried out, its is much better to formally...

I am proud to be presenting this Newsletter as we start 2024, which marks the 10th anniversary of the South African National TB Think Tank. I feel tremendously privileged to have been part of this team for the past ten years and to have been part of the history of the fight against TB in...