CAPE TOWN - It is shameful that a disease which is preventable and curable and has been around for so many years continues to kill over a million people each year, the world'€™s foremost tuberculosis vaccine experts heard today.
Screening every inmate for TB, treating them upon diagnosis - coupled with improved cell ventilation and an urgent focus on alleviating overcrowding are the cornerstones of government'€™s plans to tackle this curable disease, deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe told a group of Pollsmoor inmates yesterday (SUNDAY).
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