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Taking On TB
posted (March 23, 2016)
"I Am Stopping TB," that is the theme adopted for this year's World Tuberculosis awareness day – which is observed on March 24th. That's tomorrow, but to make use of the down town foot traffic today, the Ministry of Health held its annual TB Awareness Fair at the Battle Field Park. We spoke to with nurse Annette Uhser-Welcome one of the organizers of the event, who told us about the local fight against Tuberculosis.
Last year, the Chest clinic in Belize City recorded a total of 35 cases of Tuberculosis. 35% of those cases were cured.

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