CX Daily: China Launches New Plan to Tackle Tuberculosis
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A 70-year-old tuberculosis patient (far right) seeks treatment at a community clinic in Yuxi, South China’s Yunnan province. Photo: Tang Hanyu/Caixin
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In Depth: China launches new plan to tackle tuberculosis
In Nanshan district in the southern metropolis of Shenzhen, one of the most prosperous urban areas in China, some 500 new tuberculosis cases are diagnosed each year.
The world’s number one infectious killer is prevalent across many regions of China, from some of the wealthiest to the most remote rural areas. As a result, the country has the third largest number of cases of TB each year, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
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