Friday, 3 August 2012

Pakistan is ranked sixth among high TB risk countries

Islamabad

 

Pakistan is ranked sixth globally among the 22 high tuberculosis risk countries, contributing 43 per cent of the disease towards the Eastern-Mediterranean region of World Health Organisation (WHO).

 

According to available data, the incidence of TB per 100,000 population in Pakistan is 181, case notification per 100,000 per year is 150 while the treatment success rate is 85 per cent.

 

Official sources said more than 700,000 TB patients have been

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