People have been traveling from present-day Mozambique to work in neighboring South Africa’s mines for over 150 years. While conditions for workers have improved since the early days when such migrants were exploited, they continue to be under-served and neglected.
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When Zambia reported its first case of COVID-19 on March 18, 2020, it was not surprising that tuberculosis (TB) services were rapidly affected. Infectious disease management in general suffers during specific disease outbreaks, as has been seen during past cholera outbreaks in the country. With the spread of COVID-19 and the increased stringency of pandemic containment measures in the first half of 2020, TB case notifications inevitably started to fall in Zambia due to restrictions on patient movement and decreased access to essential health services.