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9.6 Million People World-Wide Infected with Tuberculosis

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In Papua New Guinea and Indonesia health clinics are overflowing with tuberculosis patients


Politicians and aid groups have gathered in Canberra to discuss how to combat the spread of tuberculosis or TB.

TB is a major killer in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, and the recent infection of a Queensland woman has prompted fears it could spread through the Torres Strait Islands.

Indonesian woman Lusiana Aprilawati is a survivor of tuberculosis.

Now she has visited Canberra for the launch of the Australian TB Caucus, a group of parliamentarians committed to supporting research into new medical treatments for TB.

In Ms Aprilawati's home country, there are one million new cases every year.

 

 

 


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