tuberculosis

  1. Luis

    R85 million for AI-powered device that detects TB through audio

    R85 million for AI-powered device that detects TB through audio Braden van Breda built a palm-sized device to replace inefficient screening methods such as X-rays and symptom-based tests for deadly pulmonary diseases like tuberculosis (TB). AI Diagnostics, his company, raised R85 million in...
  3. jes

    Gates Foundation to fight against tuberculosis in South Africa

    Gates Foundation to fight against TB in South Africa The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) has signed two partnership deals worth R370 million with the SA Medical Research Council (MRC) and University of Cape Town (UCT)
  4. LazyLion

    SADC Countries to Fight TB

    Business and civil society must become involved in a push to reduce tuberculosis in the SADC region, particularly in the mining industry, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said on Wednesday. "A lot of work has been done, but what is left is co-ordination," said Motsoaledi at a function to mark...
  5. LazyLion

    Incurable TB strain claims two more lives in India

    So I haven't seen much reporting on this.... http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Mumbai/Incurable-TB-claims-two-more-lives-in-city/Article1-796879.aspx Maybe 2012 WILL be the year of the apocaplypse. Not some asteroid or cataclysmic event, but a quiet drug resistant disease that...
  6. jes

    Smart phones to track tuberculosis patients

    Smart phones to track tuberculosis patients The government will make increasing use of technology such as smart phones and online maps in the fight against TB, the health department said on Wednesday.
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