COVID-19 highlights urgent need to reboot global effort to end tuberculosis – MENAFN.COM

(MENAFN – Caribbean News Global)
GENEVA, Switzerland An estimated 1.4 million fewer people received care for tuberculosis (TB) in 2020 than in 2019, according to preliminary data compiled by the World Health Organization (WHO) from over 80 countries- a reduction of 21 percent from 2019. The countries with the biggest relative gaps were Indonesia (42%), South Africa (41%), Philippines (37%) and India (25%).
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