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World TB Day: FMHS experts in the news

World TB Day: FMHS experts in the news

FMHS Marketing & Communications / FGGW Bemarking & Kommunikasie
27 March 2023

​​​​World TB Day is observed annually on 24 March and the theme for this year's commemoration was “YES we can end TB". A number of TB experts from Stellenbosch University's Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences were featured in the media in regard to this important topic.

TB in children isn't being controlled – it's key to fighting the disease for everyone else The Conversation – 23 March 2023 Dr Tom Nyirenda – Department of Global Health

TB kills 75 000 children in Africa every year: how this can stop The Conversation – 23 March 2023 Dr Graeme Hoddinott – Desmond Tutu TB Centre

The forgotten form of TB that can carry on forever financialmail – 24 March 2023 Prof Brian Allwood – Department of Medicine

Animal TB Research RSG – 24 March 2023 Dr Wynand Goosen – Department of Biomedical Sciences

Could you or a family member have TB? Act now Daily News Foster Mohale (DoH) & Yogan Pillay - Department of Global Health​​