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Tag archives for World TB Day

Ending a Global Epidemic of Tuberculosis in Children

Posted by  on Thursday, March 24th 2016     
Atsede Tefera with her daughter, Nigist, who was diagnosed with tuberculosis at a hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. / MSH Ethiopia

A new analysis reveals how a persistent divide between policy and practice threatens to impede progress on childhood TB in Africa. Join us on World TB Day to learn more about how we’re working to overcome this and fight TB — a preventable and curable disease.

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Reach, Cure, Prevent to End TB

Posted by  on Tuesday, March 24th 2015     
X-ray technicians in Cambodia are trained to identify characteristics that define TB. / Seak Kunrath

USAID is committed to a TB-free world. Join us on World TB Day 2015 to reach, cure and prevent to end TB.

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