Uganda: HIV/AIDS triggers rise in TB infections

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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