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South Africa: Why is the Northern Cape missing its TB targets?

Refilwe Mochoari
June 20, 2023, 8:35 a.m.

In March this year, the director-general of the Northern Cape government, Justice Bekebeke during a parliamentary oversight visit acknowledged that about 80% of the health facilities in the province did not meet their TB performance targets of finding TB cases and ensuring successful (completed) treatment.

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