Adolescents are the missing middle falling through the cracks of TB care
Daily Maverick | 25.03.2026 19:12
When 14-year-old Mia* started coughing, she thought it was just flu. But then she became so tired she could not get out of bed, and her mother got worried. She took her to the clinic but did not expect the diagnosis that followed – drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB). Mia had TB throughout her body, and a CT scan showed tumour-like TB masses in her brain.
