South Africa: Slow progress after decision to make TB prevention pills more widely available

Tiyese Jeranji
June 6, 2024, 8:59 p.m.

Besides preventing illness and death, TB preventive treatment (TPT) is estimated to be highly cost-effective. Yet, uptake of TPT is not what it could be in South Africa. Tiyese Jeranji asks how much has changed since the Department of Health last year decided to make TPT much more widely available.

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