Associate professor, University of Cape Town
Dr Leigh Johnson is an actuary and epidemiologist. His work to date has focused mainly on modelling the HIV epidemic in South Africa and evaluating the impact and coverage of HIV programmes. He is the lead developer of the Thembisa model and he co-chairs the UNAIDS Reference Group on Estimates, Modelling and Projections.
South African men are much more likely to die from TB than women -- here's why
Sep 29, 2023 02:15 am UTC| Health
Around the world, men are more likely to get TB and to die from it than women. We recently conducted research to establish the various factors that explain higher rates of TB among men in South Africa. South Africa is...
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