Motsoaledi stresses needs for ‘effective vaccine’ while accepting TB award

Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi has challenged countries “to treat tuberculosis (TB) with the same urgency it demonstrated in responding to major new health threats like Ebola and the Zika virus”.He threw down this gauntlet in his acceptance speech for a “USAID-TB international award in recognition of his leadership in the global fight against TB as well as championing bold South African and regional initiatives in the screening‚ treatment and prevention” of the disease.