University Of Cape Town

This study looked at whether giving children with iron-deficiency anemia oral iron for 6-12 weeks before elective noncardiac surgery can raise their hemoglobin levels. It involved 755 children across multiple centers in South Africa. The goal was to see if this simple, low-cost t…

This study tested whether bringing a portable TB test (Gene Xpert) directly to communities in a small van can help find and treat more people with tuberculosis (TB) than the usual method of going to a clinic. Over 3,500 adults in South Africa with TB symptoms took part. The goal …