So far this year the National Institute for Communicable Diseases has issued reports on three different outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases – measles, mumps and diphtheria. Elri Voigt spoke to local experts about what this tells us about the country’s immunisation programme and the potent.
Diagnosing tuberculosis is difficult in people who struggle to cough up sputum samples – a particular problem in children and people living with HIV. One promising alternative is to test stool. Tiyese Jeranji unpacks the latest developments in this area.