BHEKISISA OP-ED: Three lessons the Covid-19 pandemic taught us about tackling TB - Daily Maverick

Covid-19 came with a lot of collateral damage that the world was unprepared for. Part of the pandemic ripple effect meant some people weren’t able to access tuberculosis testing or treatment, derailing targets to end the disease. But there are also lessons to…

Tuberculosis (TB) is a curable disease. Yet deaths are up for the first time in a decade despite cases being down. Why? Because the coronavirus threw a spanner in the works. The World Health Organiz… [+8139 chars]

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