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stunting, 28 tropical diseases, 15
sugar tax, 106 Tshabalala, Dr Mqondisi, 110
sugary drinks, 106 Tshabalala-Msimang, Dr Mantombazana (Manto), 54,
Sunday Times, 34 54, 62-3, 65, 94
surveillance studies, 68, 70, 72, 81, 105, 113, 115, 142 Tshwane University of Technology, 112
Swaziland. See eSwatini Tuberculosis (TB), 18, 25, 32, 39, 52, 55, 75-6, 79-81,
108, 110, 115, 121, 128
T antibiotics, 52
Taiwanese, 30 bacillus, 112
Taylor, Dr Alan, 84 bacteria, 117
TB. See Tuberculosis burden, 115
TB - National Prevalence Survey, 115 diagnostic policy, 116
teaching hospital(s), 8, 109 Directly Observed Treatment Short Course
Technology and Business Development Directorate, Strategy (DOTS), 81
76-7 DRTB patients, 117
Technology Development and Transfer Directorate, 50 drug-resistant TB, 81
Technology Innovation Cluster Program for Medical drugs, 81
Devices and Diagnostics, 123 genome, 81
telemedicine system, 78, 79 hotspot, 116
telepsychology system, 78 international research programme, 52
Terblanche, Professor Petro, 93 isoniazid (anti-TB drug), 117
therapeutics, 81, 131 meningitis, 116
Theron, Dr J. J., 6 multi-drug-resistant TB, 112, 116
Thovhogi, Dr Ntevheleni, 123 Mycobacterium tuberculosis, 52, 116
‘tik’, 70 Platform, 115, 117
‘To advance the nation’s health and quality of life and Research Unit, 14, 18
address inequality’ (2014), 146 tidal breathing, 117
tobacco Tucker, Dr Tim, 59
control, 42, 146 Tygerberg Hospital, 8-9, 9, 16, 17, 47
industry, 42, 43
Tobacco Product Control Amendment Acts, 71 U
Tobacco Products Control Bill, 43 UCT. See University of Cape Town
top ten killers, 108, 122 UK. See United Kingdom
post-revitalization concentration, 108 Umbiflow, 83, 83, 84, 146
traditional healers, 65, 76, 77, 135 UNAIDS. See United Nations Programme on HIV/
traditional medicines (remedies), 65, 76-7, 77, 85 AIDS
Traditional Medicines Research Unit, 74, 76, 112 Union Government, 3
traditional remedies, 76 UNISA. See University of South Africa
transdisciplinarity, 66 United Kingdom (UK)
transformation, 55-8, 72, 99, 101-3, 158n45 MRC, 14, 121
issues, 145 universities, 55
Transkei, 23-4, 25, 33 United Nations, 29
Transvaal, 4, 15 United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) 118
Transvaal Colony, 3 United States (US), 3, 55, 59, 71, 73, 112, 121, 128
trauma, 45, 70, 139 universities, 14, 19, 20, 52, 81, 89, 105,
Trauma - National Programme, 45, 47 universities, Afrikaans-medium, 19
Trauma Review, 46, 86 universities, historically black (disadvantaged), 56, 74,
Treasury, 88, 90, 97 105, 145
Treatment Action Campaign, 65, 94, 99 university institutions, white (historically advantaged),
Tropical Diseases Research Unit, 150n15 74, 105

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