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Uganda: HIV/AIDS triggers rise in TB infections

Tuberculosis infection rates in Uganda have increased due to the HIV/AIDS pandemic in the country, but the scarcity of health centres and over-crowding in camps for the displaced are also to blame, officials said.


Over-crowding in Uganda's IDP camps has been partially to blame for the country's rising number of TB infections. (Image: Gabriel Galuak/IRIN)
The Ugandan health ministry said it had recorded an increase of almost 12 percent between 2001 and 2005, with the country registering up to 80,000 new infections every year. The total number of TB patients was 500,000, according to the study, but only half the cases were being tracked.

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