Sudan: Tuberculosis On the Rise in Sudan

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Sudan: Tuberculosis On the Rise in Sudan

[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum -- The Sudanese Ministry of Health has sounded the alarm about the growing number of tuberculosis cases in the country. The cumulative number of COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic in Sudan in March last year reached 31,790.

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