Bringing it home: Khayelitsha project shows how a focus on family can boost TB prevention

Tiyese Jeranji
Nov. 11, 2021, 10:37 p.m.

Tuberculosis preventive therapy is highly effective in preventing TB disease and death, yet only a few people have access to it. Tiyese Jeranji reports in Spotlight on how Médecins Sans Frontières in Khayelitsha (Cape Town, South Africa) is helping TB patients and their contacts access preventive therapy in the comfort of their homes as part of a new family-centred care initiative.


Source: Spotlight