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Article: TB cases fall in 2002 in Cambodia
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- February 27, 2003
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TB cases fall in 2002 in Cambodia
PHNOM PENH, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- The number of cases of
tuberculosis detected in Cambodia last year was half the amount
estimated by the World Health Organization (WHO).
Health officials attributed the improvement to better detection
and care programs.
The National TB and Prevalence Survey found that approximately 270
of every 100,000 Cambodians in 2002 tested positive for TB, a lower
figure than the WHO's projection that 572 of every 100,000 Cambodians
would carry the disease, the Cambodia Daily on Thursday quoted the
survey as saying.
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