Africa: African Countries Urged to Mobilise Alternative Funding for HIV, TB and Malaria Prevention Amid Financing Crisis: [New Zimbabwe] SOUTHERN African Development Community (SADC) health ministers have called upon governments to mobilize alternative funding sources to sustain critical health programs, including HIV, tuberculosis (TB), and malaria prevention, treatment and control. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TJDLjY #HIVPrevention #TBControl #MalariaAwareness #AfricanHealth #SADC

#TB is a leading cause of death in the #Philippines, which is fourth in the world rankings in terms of the number of people developing the disease each year. Dr Teodoro Herbosa, the Philippines health secretary, says: “We have made progress in #TBControl and banishment. Nonetheless, significant work lies ahead"

The suitcase-sized kit helping to rid the Philippines of one of history’s great killers | #Tuberculosis
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/apr/02/the-suitcase-sized-kit-helping-to-rid-the-philippines-of-one-of-historys-great-killers

The suitcase-sized kit helping to rid the Philippines of one of history’s great killers

Tuberculosis has plagued the world for thousands of years and remains a leading cause of death

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