Children the frontline of war on TB
02 October 2015 - 02:19
KwaZulu-Natal children are going to be warriors in the fight against tuberculosis. That is the approach by provincial health and education officials who will today launch a campaign at schools to combat the disease, which is classified an epidemic by World Health Organisation standards."According to the WHO, there should be 200 new cases of TB per 100000 of the population for it to be declared an epidemic.
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