Tugela Ferry is a remote KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) district of 180,000 people that became infamous in 2006. Here it was discovered that 53 people had contracted a type of tuberculosis (TB) that was resistant to most anti-TB medicines. All but one of the patients died. All those tested for HIV were positive.

Tuberculosis is by far the biggest single cause of death in South Africa, and it is exacerbated by the HIV epidemic.

Two government reports published in March show that the nation’s health is improving dramatically, but more people are getting sick from forms of tuberculosis that are difficult to treat.

The need for a highly sensitive and specific affordable point-of-care TB test remains urgent.

Despite recent advances in TB diagnostics, current technologies suffer serious disadvantages.

A new two-drug combination of rifapentine and moxifloxacin can allow tuberculosis treatment to be taken once-weekly during the four-month continuation phase.

Three recent studies have significantly advanced TB drug development.

Supreme Court of Appeal overturns Cape High Court's TB in prisons ruling.

Dudley Lee's case reveals how overcrowding and a struggling court system are fuelling a TB epidemic.

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