Tuesday, 1 October 2013

Plan to stop TB in kids overdue but problematic

FILE In this Thursday, March 24, 2011 file photo, women and children are seen behind a security gate at a tuberculosis clinic in the township of Khayelitsha, on the outskirts of Cape Town, South Africa. Health officials are embarking on an ambitious plan to wipe out tuberculosis in children even though they don’t know exactly how many cases there are. Experts say tuberculosis in children has often been overlooked because there isn’t a reliable diagnostic test and because its symptoms are similar to many other childhood illnesses. And because children don’t spread the disease, it hasn’t been considered a major public health problem. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam, File ) LONDON (AP) — Health officials are embarking on an ambitious plan to wipe out tuberculosis in children worldwide, even though they don't know exactly how many cases there are.




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