Wednesday, March 05, 2008

Facts & Figures-24 : Drug-resistant TB found in 45 countries

The World Health Organization announced that virtually untreatable drug-resistant tuberculosis could now be found in 45 countries with a half-million new cases each year, and that the highest rate of infection was in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Courtesy: Weekly Review, Harper's Weekly, March 4, 2008

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