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COVID-19 overshadows TB
Phyllis Mbanje ·
STAKEHOLDERS attending the virtual 52nd Union World Conference on Lung Health (WCOLH) which began yesterday expressed discontent over the fact that the world was putting all efforts in developing COVID-19 vaccines, while tuberculosis (TB) treatment is being ignored.
TB killed over 1,5 million people in 2020. In Zimbabwe, it is estimated that about 30 000 people fall ill due to TB each year, with about 4 600 of them dying.
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