TB Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Training
Healthcare workers (HCWs) are three times more likely to be infected by TB than the general public and six times more likely to be hospitalized with drug-resistant TB. The mortality rate in healthcare workers is also high, as up to a third of HCWs may end up dying from drug-resistant TB.
TB Proof was founded in 2012 by HCWs who were personally affected by TB or who worked closely with TB patients. We are passionate about TB Infection Prevention and Control (IPC). Healthcare facilities should be safe places of health and healing, and not hotspots where TB spreads. We need HCWs for our dream of a TB free South Africa.

'Are you TB Proof?' Online tool
Aims
Advocate for safe healthcare environments for health workers and communities.

International-level
TB Proof members featured in an award-winning documentary ‘Unmasked’, where they shared their experiences with occupational TB and the advocacy that has followed.
Guideline input:
At the Union conference, TB Proof members advocated for TB IPC and safe healthcare environments in scientific presentations and through sharing experiences with occupational TB at multiple sessions.
Project Achievements
- Health worker training on TB Infection Prevention and Control.
We partnered with medical schools and hospitals throughout South Africa to make health facilities TB Proof. In 2019, the TB Proof ‘Are you TB Proof?’ IPC online tool was presented at facilities across South Africa and participants included CHWs, health students, health professionals and home based carers.
Over 10 000 healthcare workers in South Africa have received our online training. By screening this tool at the University of the Free State, University of Pretoria and the University of Stellenbosch, healthcare workers were made aware of their risk of contracting TB. Click here to watch our ‘Are you TB Proof?’ training video to learn about infection prevention and control.
- Amplification of health workers’ voices to advocate for safe healthcare environments.

Photo caption: TB Proof members joined by Lucica Ditiu, executive director at Stop TB Partnership and civil society representatives at the 50th Union World Conference on Lung Health in Hyderabad, India.
Project Achievements
- Health worker training on TB Infection Prevention and Control.
We partnered with medical schools and hospitals throughout South Africa to make health facilities TB Proof. In 2019, the TB Proof ‘Are you TB Proof?’ IPC online tool was presented at facilities across South Africa and participants included CHWs, health students, health professionals and home based carers.
Over 10 000 healthcare workers in South Africa have received our online training. By screening this tool at the University of the Free State, University of Pretoria and the University of Stellenbosch, healthcare workers were made aware of their risk of contracting TB. Click here to watch our ‘Are you TB Proof?’ training video to learn about infection prevention and control.
- Amplification of health workers’ voices to advocate for safe healthcare environments.

Photo caption: TB Proof members joined by Lucica Ditiu, executive director at Stop TB Partnership and civil society representatives at the 50th Union World Conference on Lung Health in Hyderabad, India.
International-level

Guideline input:
At the Union conference, TB Proof members advocated for TB IPC and safe healthcare environments in scientific presentations and through sharing experiences with occupational TB at multiple sessions.
Videos:
TB Proof members featured in an award-winning documentary ‘Unmasked’, where they shared their experiences with occupational TB and the advocacy that has followed.
What do TB and COVID-19 infection control measures have in common?
Health worker 'heroes' and their right to a safe workplace
The role of health workers in the COVID-19 vaccine roll-out
- TB Proof provided key inputs to the draft National Policy on Occupational Health for Healthcare Workers in Respect of HIV and TB.
- We advocated for release of the Occupational Health policy which still remains in draft. An article, ‘A convenient untruth: The TB Proof healthcare worker’ was published by TB Proof in Spotlight.

Photo caption: The Union’s TB Ambassador, Claire Forlani together with TB Leaders & Civil Society united to #EndTB.
Advocacy letters
TB Proof developed two advocacy letters that were shared with President Cyril Ramaphosa and Minister Mkhize on 26 May 2020, calling for occupational protection for all health workers, including CHWs.
Our advocacy projects

CHW TB Champions

#UnmaskStigma Campaign

All oral drug-resistant TB Treatment
