Tuberculosis: The Time To Act Is Now

It may be tempting to shift our focus from tuberculosis as we throw our efforts toward halting the spread of HIV/AIDS in Botswana.  But the two diseases are tightly linked.  Two thirds of TB patients also have HIV.  We must fight the two diseases together to make real progress on either one.

This past Friday morning, the Ministry of Health re-launched the National Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory with the support of the US Government.  The lab opened with new, state-of-the-art facilities that can receive and analyse samples from every district in the country.