Statistics about TB in children make shocking reading, especially because TB is preventable and curable. Yet in 2015, 240,000 children died of TB, which is 660 deaths every day, including 40,000 TB deaths among children living with HIV. Eighty per cent of child TB deaths occur in children younger than five. At least 1 million…
Tuesday, 13 March 2018 will be the day that a group of church leaders from Botshabelo just outside of Bloemfontein will be coming together to workshop how the church could be an active driver to stop the spread of TB. Join us!
Where were you? Tuesday, 6 March 2018, a group of church leaders from Inanda came together to workshop how the church could be an active driver to stop the spread of TB in the community. Some great solutions, including an innovative USSD TB screening method was discussed. Looking forward to seeing the church in action!
Dr Aaron Motsoaledi and Archbishop Thabo Makgoba talk about how leaders can add their weight to striving towards a TB-Free World. (World TB Day is 24 March)
