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Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Govt takes bite out of TB

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A patient at the National Tuberculosis Hospital in Phnom Penh. Cases of tuberculosis are on the decline in Cambodia, according to new statistics released by the Ministry of Health’s National Centre for Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control. As of the first nine months of this year, an estimated 30,000 cases have been reported, compared with around 40,000 in 2008.