Day: September 10, 2022

Zim’s Targeted TB Screening Model Detects Over 7,000 New TB Cases

Michael Gwarisa

A total 7,317 new Tuberculosis (TB) cases were detected in hard to reach population groups since the year 2019 through the Kunda-Nqob’iTB (KN-TB) project, a community centred TB research and case detection model being implemented in Zimbabwe. By Michael Gwarisa The KN-TB program is a five year United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Tuberculosis Local Organization Network (TB-LON) funded project running from 2019 to 2024. The project is supporting the national TB-HIV response in Zimbabwe in eight high burden districts across three provinces. The eight target districts are Gweru,…

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Operation Dudula Casts Dark Cloud On Zim Immigrant DR TB Patients

Michael Gwarisa

THE boiling anti-foreigner sentiment in neighbouring South Africa being advanced by a vigilante group, Operation Dudula is likely to have a negative impact on the treatment outcomes of South African based Zimbabweans with Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (DR-TB), a top TB expert has warned. By Staff Reporter The cautioning comes in the midst of indications that South Africa is a DR-TB endemic country and Zimbabwe immigrants who reside in South Africa make up a sizable number of DR-TB new cases recorded annually in Zimbabwe. However, of late, Operation Dudula has been…

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