Pretoria – Njengoba isifo sofuba sibulala abantu abangu-170 nsuku zonke, uMnyango wezeMpilo waseNingizimu Afrika wethule uhlelo olushubile lokuhlola abantu abayizigidi ezi-5 futhi kuhlonzwe abantu abasha abangu-250,000 abane-TB phakathi kuka-2025-2026. Isu leshumi leminyaka lihlose ukunciphisa ukufa kwabantu abane-TB ngama-41%
Ungqongqoshe Wezempilo uDkt. Aaron Motsoaledi ugcizelele ukugoma njengokubalulekile: “Njenge-COVID-19, ukuqeda i-TB kudinga ukugonywa kwabantu abaningi.” Esekela lokhu, uProfesa Willem Hanekom we-Africa Health Research Institute uthe “intsha esanda kweva eshumini nambili kanye nabantu abadala abasha yibona abathinteka kakhulu.”
Lo mkhankaso uza njengoba ukuncishiswa kosizo lwaseMelika kusongela izinhlelo ze-TB/HIV.