Global TB community must unite – 1.4 million lives are at stake

The Stop TB partnership predicts an additional 1.4 million people will die from TB by 2025 thanks to the COVID-19 response.

In a webinar 'How to prevent 1.4 million deaths: advancing TB care and prevention in the time of COVID-19', international TB experts stressed the need for a united, integrated response to mitigate the effects of COVID-19.

Read the full article here.


Source: Maverick Citizen

To subscribe to the Weekly Newsletter of new posts, enter your email here:


By Daniel Steyn

Published: May 21, 2020, 9:03 p.m.

Last updated: May 24, 2020, 8:06 p.m.

Print Share