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Children affected by TB worldwide

Published Date:

July 23, 2015

Language:

English

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Corporate Authors:

Center for Global Health (U.S.)

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Description:

There are 10 million children orphaned by TB.

in 2013 550,00 children became ill and 80,000 died.

But childhood TB is preventable and treatable:

1. TB screening in child health settings

2. Contact tracing

3. Preventive therapy

children_tb.pdf

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Poster

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Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library collection

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