{"id":9676,"date":"2012-04-06T03:51:32","date_gmt":"2012-04-06T01:51:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/04\/south-africa-takes-tb-battle-to-mine-shafts\/"},"modified":"2012-04-06T03:51:32","modified_gmt":"2012-04-06T01:51:32","slug":"south-africa-takes-tb-battle-to-mine-shafts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/south-africa-takes-tb-battle-to-mine-shafts\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa takes TB battle to mine shafts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* Drug-resistant strains spreading in miners<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* HIV\/AIDS infection adds to the risks<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* TB spreading from mines to other parts of Africa<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>By Cosmas Butunyi<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>JOHANNESBURG, April 5 (Reuters) &#8211; South Africa is shifting<br \/>\nits lines in the battle against tuberculosis to mines, where<br \/>\nlung-attacking dust, crowded working conditions and a<br \/>\npan-African workforce make the industry a focal point for<br \/>\nspreading the disease.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Drug resistant TB strains, associated with cramped urban<br \/>\nconditions, are spreading among miners, who have infection rates<br \/>\nabout three times higher than the general population, according<br \/>\nto South African officials.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The disease is further spread when foreign-born miners &#8211;<br \/>\ntens of thousands from Lesotho, Swaziland and other neighbouring<br \/>\ncountries work in South Africa&#8217;s mines &#8211; return to their homes.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>South Africa has tied TB treatment and prevention with<br \/>\nanti-HIV\/AIDS campaigns and brought new equipment and medicine<br \/>\nto clinics and hospitals.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mine-associated TB is the tip of the spear. Addressing this<br \/>\nissue could transform the continental response to TB,&#8221; Joel<br \/>\nSpicer, a senior strategist at the Stop TB Partnership, told<br \/>\nreporters at a seminar in Johannesburg last month.<br \/>\n\u00a0 <span class=\"label\"><strong>Continued&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>* Drug-resistant strains spreading in miners * HIV\/AIDS infection adds to the risks * TB spreading from mines to other parts of Africa By Cosmas Butunyi JOHANNESBURG, April 5 (Reuters) &#8211; South Africa is shifting its lines in the battle against tuberculosis to mines, where lung-attacking dust, crowded working conditions and a pan-African workforce make [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[830,2370,183],"class_list":{"0":"post-9676","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-south-africa","7":"tag-news","8":"tag-reuters","9":"tag-south-africa-2","10":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9676\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}