Deputy President David Mabuza says tuberculosis (TB) remains the leading cause of deaths in the country.
Answering oral questions in the National Assembly, Mabuza says government wants to reduce TB by 30% and has intensified its fight against the disease to reach 80 000 people in the 2018/2019 financial year.
“TB is the highest cause of death in the country that is why we have elevated TB and the campaign to sort of try and fight this disease because TB is a curable disease.
“As long as they introduce themselves timeously and take their medication. So the campaign now is to go out there because some people have never presented themselves in our facilities so that they can be tested in time and take treatment. So we want to reach out to more people. We have given ourselves a target of 80 000 people that we must reach this financial year.”
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