Namibia Fails to Detect 34% of TB Cases

Namibia Fails to Detect 34% of TB Cases

Health and social services minister Esperance Luvindao says the government is missing an estimated 34% of tuberculosis (TB) cases in Namibia, leaving many infected people undiagnosed and outside the treatment system.

About 34% of TB cases remain undiagnosed – Windhoek Observer

Patience Makwele  Namibia is failing to detect more than a third of tuberculosis (TB) cases.  Health minister Esperance Luvindao said an estimated 34% of TB cases remain undiagnosed.  “While these numbers represent lives saved, our concern lies with the people we have not reached,” she said during World TB Day commemorations in Gobabis on Tuesday. She said the challenge is more severe in rural areas, especially in the Omaheke region, which has t…