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International News Some 80,000 Ugandans Infected With TB Every YearDecember 13, 2004 State-run Radio Uganda reported on Saturday that Uganda's 80,000 new TB cases per year rank the nation at 14th among the 22 nations with the world's highest incidence of the disease. The disease also causes a burden due to the six to eight months of time lost from work during treatment, according to President Yoweri Museveni's remarks, which were read by Kirunda Kivejinja, minister in charge of the presidency. With the help of development partners, Uganda is making progress in achieving its goal of diagnosing 70 percent of TB infections and curing 85 percent by 2005, Museveni was quoted as saying. Xinhua News Agency 12.12.04  This article was provided by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is a part of the publication CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update. |
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