Marcus Low
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JUST IN | Around 54 000 people died of TB in South Africa in 2024, according to new figures released alongside the @WHO’s latest World #TB Report. This continues a slow downward trend in TB deaths in recent years, reports @marcuslowx. https://t.co/eX5SSmnrp0
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Around 54 000 people died of TB in South Africa in 2024 and 249 000 fell ill with the disease, according to new estimates from the World Health Organization. Marcus Low reports.
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SILENT CRISIS | Many of the over three million people alive in South Africa cured of TB are likely to suffer from long-term after-effects of the disease. To learn more Spotlight recently attended a global gathering of experts on life after TB.
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There are over three million people alive in South Africa who have been cured of TB. But even after being cured, many continue to suffer the long-term after-effects of the disease. To find out more...
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PLAN OF ACTION | Professor Ntobeko Ntusi, head of the South African Medical Research Council, tells Spotlight about efforts to find alternative funding and to preserve the country’s health research capacity. @MRCza @ntobekon @catherinetom
https://t.co/qrQmyisZyo
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Health research in South Africa has been plunged into crisis with the abrupt termination of several large research grants from the US, with more grant terminations expected in the coming days and...
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MUST READ | The sudden and severe US cuts to grants from the world’s largest health research funder threaten to unravel the medical research landscape in SA. Will the government turn this crisis into an opportunity for renewal? @marcuslowx
https://t.co/iB8W48AYDq
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The sudden and severe US cuts to grants from the world’s largest health research funder threaten to unravel the medical research landscape in South Africa. A crucial question now is whether the...
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THE BIG READ | The number of people living with #HIV in South Africa has for the first time reached the eight million mark. The eight million amounts to 12.8% of the population. @marcuslowx
https://t.co/2M15I2QWmd
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The number of people living with HIV in South Africa has for the first time reached the eight million mark. Of these, around 6.2 million are on treatment, according to new estimates. Marcus Low...
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MUST READ | Researchers in South Africa are in limbo amid growing, but still unconfirmed, fears that over R800 million in research grants from the NIH could soon be cut. @catherinetom reports. https://t.co/BlBCTuS1vA
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Medical researchers in South Africa are in limbo as they wait to hear whether over R800 million in research grants from the United States National Institutes of Health will be terminated. South...
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Very important piece from one of our top HIV experts. @unaids @ygpillay @HIVpxresearch @tac @TAGTeam_Tweets @ZackieAchmat
MUST READ | South Africa's worst crisis in 20 years could surpass COVID-19 and diabetes as a leading killer, while worsening tuberculosis. Professor @FrancoisVenter3 says this can be prevented if government acts urgently. @GroundUp_News
https://t.co/J5I8S983S9
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Spotlight Editor @marcuslowx is quoted in this piece: “There are no shortcuts. You have to earn the trust of your readers, and you can only really do that by continuously doing the type of fair and rigorous journalism that earns trust.”
READ | Journalists face a tough challenge in the digital age where misinformation spreads fast. Trust isn't given, it's earned through fair and rigorous reporting. As platforms like X face criticism, will Bluesky offer a better space for credible news? https://t.co/5WKMvhei3r
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On #Mastodon I’m @MarcusLowX@Med-mastodon.com if anyone wants to link up there. Med-mastodon is a server with a medical focus, to the extent that it matters.
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I am on Bluesky as @marcuslowx. There are suddenly many more accounts worth following there - and you can pick your algorithm.
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I am on Bluesky as @marcuslowx. There are suddenly many more accounts worth following there - and you can pick your algorithm.
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MUST READ | Highly effective treatments for #HIV keep people healthy, but we don't have a safe and scalable way to completely rid the body of the virus. In this special briefing, @elri_voigt takes stock of where we are in the search for an HIV cure: https://t.co/jb7ztfs7x5
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MUST READ | Highly effective treatments for #HIV keep people healthy, but we don't have a safe and scalable way to completely rid the body of the virus. In this special briefing, @elri_voigt takes stock of where we are in the search for an HIV cure: https://t.co/jb7ztfs7x5
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JUST PUBLISHED | An estimated 56 000 people in South Africa and 1.25 million around the world died of #TB in 2023, according to new @WHO estimates. This means TB overtook COVID-19 as the top infectious disease killer on the planet. @marcuslowx unpacks the new numbers.
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MUST READ | Hillbrow started out as Johannesburg’s first health hub in the late 1880s. It’s also been a suburb associated with pimps and prostitution, a middle finger to the Nationalist Party, and a key site of the HIV crisis, reports @Ufrieda.
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Hillbrow started out as Johannesburg’s first health hub in the late 1880s. It’s also been a suburb associated with pimps and prostitution, a middle finger to the Nationalist Party, and a key site of...
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BIG READ | The second of two studies of a six-monthly #HIV prevention injection containing #lenacapavir has confirmed the jab works remarkably well. @elri_voigt goes over the findings and unpacks some details around licenses for generic versions of the jab.
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