TB and TB / HIV - Tuberculosis
Feb 9, 2018 | News
Lesotho has the second highest incidence of TB in the world, according to the World Health Organization, due in part to the large number of Basotho migrant miners who work in hazardous conditions in South African mines. Separated from their families and communities,...
Nov 17, 2017 | News
The hard work of the Manzini Regional Health Management Team (RHMT) won acclaim at the recent National HIV/AIDS Semi-Annual Review meeting (NaHSAR) in October. Manzini came in first for laboratory quality management systems for both main and mini laboratory...
Oct 13, 2017 | News
Ten public health professionals have begun their year-long fellowships in the Swaziland Health Research Training Program (HRTP) following a celebration event on August 31, which was attended by representatives from the Swaziland Ministry of Health, the U.S. State...
Mar 24, 2017 | News
This World TB Day, ICAP and its partners around the world are rallying behind the global campaign to “Unite to End TB.” The World Health Organization has called for a special focus on uniting efforts to leave no one behind, a theme exemplified by ICAP’s work to make...
Jan 19, 2017 | Stories from the Field
Lesotho has the second highest HIV prevalence in the world and over 70 percent of tuberculosis (TB) patients are HIV-positive. Lesotho’s many migrant mine workers are at particularly high risk of acquiring TB and HIV due to working conditions in the mines and other...
