Article: SAUDI ARABIA: AWARENESS OF TUBERCULOSIS MUST BE HIGHLIGHTED - EXPERT.(Brief Article)

According to "Arab News", World Tuberculosis Day was celebrated this week. It was an excellent opportunity to raise awareness of the disease. Affecting one-third of the world's population, tuberculosis kills two million people every year. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared it a "global emergency" in 1993 and is endemic to Saudi Arabia where it affects 30 out of every 100,000 people. Dr. Muhammad Saleh Al-Hajjaj, president of the Saudi Thoracic Society, said tuberculosis is not uncommon in Saudi Arabia and that there is "medium prevalence" of the disease in the Kingdom. In 2001, there were an estimated 4,206 cases of tuberculosis infections in the Kingdom ...

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