Save those miners
When COVID-19 shut South Africa’s mines, workers from Jele’s homeland eSwatini and other neighboring nations rushed home — disrupting TB care for thousands of miners at high risk from the disease due to weakened lungs after years working underground.
“Miners have a three-times higher chance of getting TB than the average person,” said Sibanda, a doctor.
“Those miners that made it home, like many from Swaziland, may not have access to proper treatment. And all this focus on stopping COVID means we could lose more lives to TB,” he said.
Full story: Africa’s miners face new TB threat as pandemic disrupts treatment