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Published 24 Mar, 2020 08:54am

Covid-19: Showing us the mirror on World TB Day

On World Tuberculosis (TB) Day, it is worth reflecting on the lessons learned from TB in the time of Covid-19. Those of us on the frontlines of the fight against TB (in all its changing forms) have witnessed many of the same trends now circulating regarding the novel coronavirus.

The fear, the stigmatisation, the blaming of the poor, and the armchair philosophising by the unaffected and privileged.

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