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If COVID-19, why not TB? Mr President, it’s time for a family chat

If COVID-19, why not TB? Mr President, it’s time for a family chatPresident Cyril Ramaphosa addresses the nation in 2021 on developments in the country’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo: GCIS)
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13th January 2026 | Janet Giddy

South Africa had several “family chats” in which President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed the nation during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. He should do the same for tuberculosis, argues Dr Janet Giddy of the advocacy group TB Proof.

Recently, I was flying home and got chatting to the stylishly dressed woman in the window seat next to me. We asked each other the sort of questions that traveller’s often do. Suzie…

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