{"id":312617,"date":"2026-03-27T08:24:59","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T06:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/?p=312617"},"modified":"2026-03-28T07:44:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T05:44:30","slug":"wereldtuberkulosedag-tb-gevalle-daal-maar-sa-kan-nie-op-louere-rus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/wereldtuberkulosedag-tb-gevalle-daal-maar-sa-kan-nie-op-louere-rus\/","title":{"rendered":"W\u00eareldtuberkulosedag: TB-gevalle daal, maar SA kan nie op louere rus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Suid-Afrika toon die meeste politieke wil van alle lande om tuberkulose (TB) \u2013 wat dodelik kan wees \u2013 uit te roei.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">S\u00f3 het dr. Lucica Ditiu, uitvoerende direkteur van die internasionale Stop TB-vennootskap, Dinsdag tydens die departement van gesondheid se W\u00eareldtuberkulosedag-verrigtinge in Caledon in die Wes-Kaap ges\u00ea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meer as 3 miljoen mense is vir TB getoets sedert die departement van gesondheid verlede jaar op W\u00eareld-TB-dag in KwaZulu-Natal sy Be\u00ebindig TB-veldtog van stapel gestuur het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Met di\u00e9 veldtog wil die regering jaarliks minstens 5 miljoen TB-toetse doen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOns ervaring is dat daar ongelooflike politieke toewyding en leierskap in hierdie land is in die stryd teen TB. Ons sien dit nie in ander lande nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNet omdat goeie vordering gemaak word, beteken egter nie ons moet op ons louere rus nie. Dit bly \u2019n dodelike siekte wat enigiemand kan opdoen. Daarom moet ons voortbou op ons vroe\u00eb opsporingsprogramme,\u201d het Ditiu ges\u00ea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Adjunkpresident Paul Mashatile het Dinsdag die amptelike W\u00eareldtuberkulosedag-rede namens die regering gelewer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hy het ges\u00ea sedert 2015 was daar \u2019n bestendige daling in TB-gevalle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTeen 2024 het ons \u2019n 61% afname in nuwe gevalle bereik. Behandelingsukses vir dwelmweerstandige TB is nou 79%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDie persentasie mense wat behandeling ontvang, het van 79% tot 74% gedaal. Dit is \u2019n oproep tot aksie. Ons moet die gaping vul en seker maak almal kry betyds mediese sorg.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Die departement van gesondheid se jongste statistiek toon dat meer as 50 000 mense in 2024 aan TB dood is. Meer as 60 000 het daardie jaar ongediagnoseer met die siekte saamgeleef, maar di\u00e9 syfer het intussen afgeneem weens opsporingsprogramme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TB is \u2019n aansteeklike bakteri\u00eble infeksie wat hoofsaaklik veroorsaak word deur mycobacterium tuberculosis wat die longe aantas, maar ook ander organe kan besmet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dit versprei deur die lug wanneer \u2019n besmette persoon hoes of nies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TB is behandelbaar en geneesbaar, maar kan dodelik wees as dit onbehandeld bly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-tuks-ontwikkel-die-toetsel\">Tuks ontwikkel di\u00e9 toetsel<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Navorsers aan die Universiteit van Pretoria (UP) het in aanloop tot vanjaar se W\u00eareld-TB-dag \u2019n handtoestel ontwikkel wat hulle glo die tuberkulose(TB)-siftingproses sal herdefinieer en uiteindelik kan help om die TB-pandemie meer doeltreffend te beveg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Di\u00e9 toestel word MARTI genoem, en sal volgens die instelling \u201cmet baie ho\u00eb sekerheid kan aandui dat \u2019n persoon wat moontlik in gevaar is, nie TB het nie\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDie toestel pas in die palm van jou hand en benodig slegs \u2019n enkele druppel bloed, geen sputum, geen naalde, geen laboratorium,\u201d s\u00ea Carl Baumeister, \u2019n navorser en programhoof van die UP-afwentelmaatskappy MARTI TB Diagnostics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-03-24-at-09.57.17.jpeg\" alt=\"Die handtoestel, genaamd MARTI, se uitslae in binne 30 minute beskikbaar. 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Foto: Universiteit van Pretoria<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Volgens die instelling is \u2019n interne proeflopie onlangs voltooi om die akkuraatheid te bevestig van die toets, waarvan uitslae binne 30 minute beskikbaar is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDie resultate van di\u00e9 proeflopie toon merkwaardige belofte ten opsigte van die presisie, sensitiwiteit en akkuraatheid van die diagnostiese toets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDit kom naby aan die teikens wat die W\u00eareldgesondheidsorganisasie vir die \u2018perfekte\u2019 toets gestel het, wat MARTI \u2019n ideale siftings- en diagnostiese hulpmiddel maak,\u201d s\u00ea die UP in \u2019n verklaring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Suid-Afrika toon die meeste politieke wil van alle lande om tuberkulose (TB) \u2013 wat dodelik kan wees \u2013 uit te roei. S\u00f3 het dr. 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