Over 1,000 Tuberculosis Cases in Kandahar: Officials

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Jul 31, 2023

Over 1,000 Tuberculosis Cases in Kandahar: Officials


More than one thousand people have been infected with tuberculosis in Kandahar in the last six months.  

Health officials in the province said that children, women, and elderly people are included in this number.  

“In the last six months, we had approximately 1,160 tuberculosis patients, which has decreased by six and a half percent compared to last year, and overall, the level of the disease among women is higher,” said Jamaluddin Azimi, head of the tuberculosis section in Public Health Department in Kandahar.  

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