COVID-19 disruption causing many deaths from TB, AIDS in poorest countries, fund says
Geneva, Switzerland Reuters Hundreds of thousands of people will die of tuberculosis left untreated because of disruption to healthcare systems in poor countries caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, a global aid fund said. In a few of the world’s poorest countries, excess deaths from AIDS and tuberculosis could even exceed those from the coronavirus itself, […]
Africa’s miners face new TB threat as pandemic disrupts treatment
Ermelo, South Africa Thomson Reuters Foundation Vama Jele’s heart dropped every time he heard that another migrant miner home from South Africa had died from tuberculosis due to skipping treatment under lockdown. In just four months, it happened 60 times. When COVID-19 shut South Africa’s mines, workers from Jele’s homeland eSwatini and other neighbouring nations […]
Christians urged to join letter writing campaign calling for greater action on TB
Christians are being encouraged to join a letter-writing campaign urging greater action to tackle tuberculosis. The campaign, which is being run by the World Council of Churches – Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance, is calling on faith leaders, churches, representatives of faith-based organisations and people of faith to ask to their governments to urgently take action to end […]