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2026-06 – South Africa’s tuberculosis research changes global medical practice | SA News

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SA clinical study that began in a research unit in Gqeberha (PE), Eastern Cape, has transformed global treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis.

Furthermore, the study’s findings were published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), the highest-ranked medical journal in the world.

The publication recognises that this research study has set the global standard for TB care.

The BEAT Tuberculosis clinical study, conducted at the Clinical Health Research Unit (CHRU) Isango Lethemba TB Research Unit in the Eastern Cape and King Dinizulu Hospital Complex in KwaZulu-Natal, enrolled more than 400 participants over two years…

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