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US pledges millions to fight TB in SA

JOHANNESBURG - USAid has pledged $94-million over the next five years for South Africa's fight against tuberculosis.

The money comes as the US Congress considers a bill to review US-SA relations.

WATCH: SA REMAINS AMONG COUNTRIES HARDEST HIT BY TB

This is raising fears the country could lose out on similar aid and other benefits.

Health authorities have identified KwaZulu-Natal, Western Cape, Eastern Cape and Gauteng provinces as high TB burden provinces and Soweto, Hillbrow, Tembisa, Thokoza, Umlazi, Khayelitsha and Buffalo City as hotspots.

  • eNCA’s Moloko Moloto reports.

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