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World Tuberculosis Day: 10 Facts You Need To Know

Tuberculosis (TB) is both preventable and curable. Despite this, 8.7 million people contracted TB in 2011, and 1.4 million people died from the disease. Forty percent of the global toll was in Africa alone. This week, in recognition of World Tuberculosis Day, we would like to call attention to the devastating effects TB is having […]

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World TB Day 2012

Tuberculosis (TB) is a disease that newly infects millions of people each year, with low- and middle-income countries facing the brunt of the epidemic. It is a disease, however, that is both preventable, and curable, and one which the international community has made tremendous strides to combat over the past two decades. Today, on World TB […]

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