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Ministry of Health Manual of the national Tuberculosis and Leprosy Programme

Global Health Security Capacities

Communicable Diseases
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Uganda was ranked 18th out of the 22 tuberculosis (TB) high-burden countries in the world during 2009. The Annual Risk of TB Infection (ARI) for Uganda is estimated at 3 percent. The incidence of TB is 330/100,000 population for all TB cases and 136/100,000 population for sputum smear-positive pulmonary TB. The death rate among sputum smear-positive pulmonary TB patients registered during 2008 was 5.3 percent in 2008

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African CDC 191 0 Public Health Resources Technical Report Global Health Security Capacities Communicable Diseases Ministry of Health-Uganda
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