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Vietnam among world?s top countries with tuberculosis
Tuoitrenews
Updated : 11/02/2013 13:42 GMT + 7
With about 100,000 new cases of tuberculosis (TB) reported every year, Vietnam ranks 12 out of the 22 highest TB-burden countries identified by the World Health Organization, said Dr Tang Chi Thuong, deputy director of the Ho Chi Minh City Health Department.
Dr Thuonng released the figures at the conference held in Ho Chi Minh City on Friday to sum up the Public Private Mix (PPM) Project for TB and HIV Control in Vietnam.
TB is the second cause of death in people with infectious diseases in Vietnam, where more than 100,000 new TB patients and 17,000 deaths of TB recorded every year, Dr Thuong said.
Of these new TB cases, HCMC accounts for 13-15 percent...
Vietnam among world?s top countries with tuberculosis
Tuoitrenews
Updated : 11/02/2013 13:42 GMT + 7
With about 100,000 new cases of tuberculosis (TB) reported every year, Vietnam ranks 12 out of the 22 highest TB-burden countries identified by the World Health Organization, said Dr Tang Chi Thuong, deputy director of the Ho Chi Minh City Health Department.
Dr Thuonng released the figures at the conference held in Ho Chi Minh City on Friday to sum up the Public Private Mix (PPM) Project for TB and HIV Control in Vietnam.
TB is the second cause of death in people with infectious diseases in Vietnam, where more than 100,000 new TB patients and 17,000 deaths of TB recorded every year, Dr Thuong said.
Of these new TB cases, HCMC accounts for 13-15 percent...
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