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Friday, March 25, 2011

World TB Day

Dear Friends,
Today, March 24, is World TB Day — a day dedicated to raising awareness and funds for the nearly 5,000 people who die each day from tuberculosis.Together with the UN’s World Health Organization, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB, and Malaria, and the Stop TB 

Here are the facts about TB: •    There are 9 million new cases each year
•    1.7 million people die of TB each year
•    TB is a leading cause of death among people living with HIV
•    1.8 million people fail to get access to TB treatment each year

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