Health
Africa’s miners face new TB threat as pandemic disrupts treatment – Sight Magazine
Vama Jele’s heart dropped every time he heard that another migrant miner home from South Africa had died from tuberculosis due to skipping treatment under lockdown….
27 October 2020
KIM HARRISBERG
Ermelo, South AfricaThomson Reuters Foundation
Vama Jele’s heart dropped every time he heard that another migrant miner home from South Africa had died from tuberculosis due to skipping treatment under lockdown. In just four months, it happened 60 times.
When COVID-19 shut South Africa’s mines, workers from Jele’s homeland eSwatini and other neighbouring nations rushed home – disrupting TB care for thousands of miners at high risk from the disease due to weakened…
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