27/11/2025
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๐ฃ๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ฆ๐, ๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ ๐ ๐๐ง: ๐ฆ๐ง๐๐๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ง. ๐ฃ๐๐ฅ๐ฆ๐๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ก๐ง
(๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ข ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ช๐ด๐ต)
The newly released ๐๐น๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐น ๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฑ (https://lnkd.in/eajhi9Xi) shows ๐ฎ ๐ฒ๐ญ% ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ง๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ since 2015. This is a major achievement. Yet, ๐ฑ๐ฐ,๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ง๐-๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฐ, with the burden falling heaviest on communities facing high HIV prevalence and socio-economic inequities.
โ๐๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ง๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ง๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต ๐๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐๐. ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต, ๐ค๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ญ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ค๐ช๐ฆ๐ต๐บ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ, ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ท๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ค ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ญ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ท๐ฆ, ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ, ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐ญ๐บ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ท๐ถ๐ญ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ค๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฐ๐ญ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช๐ค๐ด,โ said ๐๐ฟ. ๐ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ธ๐ถ, ๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ.
South Africa continues to strengthen its TB response with innovations such as TB-NAAT and TB LAM for diagnosis, shorter TB prevention and treatment regimens, including expanded community-level approaches. However, provincial disparities remain in four provinces (๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฃ ๐พ๐๐ฅ๐, ๐๐ฌ๐๐๐ช๐ก๐ช-๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ก, ๐๐๐ช๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฃ ๐พ๐๐ฅ๐) accounting for 77% of all lab-confirmed TB cases in 2024, with the Eastern Cape reporting the highest notification rate.
๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐๐น๐น ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ, ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐ฏ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ:
โข Link: https://lnkd.in/dNXKPmJv