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Discussion| 56,000 people died of Tuberculosis in SA last year

PRETORIA- Tuberculous remains one of the silent killers in South Africa.

The World Health Organization says an estimated 56-thousand people died of TB in South Africa last year.

Notably, around 31-thousand of these deaths were among people living with HIV, and 25-thousand among those without HIV.

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Globally, there were 1-point-2-5-million TB deaths.

To meet the WHO and UN milestones to end the TB epidemic, priorities include expanded TB prevention, diagnostics, and treatment within Universal Health Coverage.

CEO of the Innovative Pharmaceutical Association South Africa, Bada Pharasi spoke to eNCA.

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