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Tuberculosis is a high priority agenda in the National Health Policy of Pakistan. Health Department Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa planned and implemented “TB Eradication Program NWFP (Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa)” to control TB in the Province in 2000, through a PC-1 for duration of five years (2000–2005). Foreign aided PC-I for 2005–2008 was then approved and extended to 31 December 2009. A new PC-I of Rs.142.22 million for 3 years i.e. 2009–2012 has been approved by the Government comprising purely of Government component, which shows Government commitment to eradicate TB from the Province. == Facts about TB == * According to WHO estimates, one third of world population is infected with TB. * Eight million people develop active TB annually all over the world. * Two million people die of TB every year. * Pakistan ranks 6th among high burden TB countries in the world. * There are about 4,20,000 new TB cases in Pakistan each year. * An estimated 55,000 new TB cases occur in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa every year. * A sputum smear positive TB patient can infect 10–15 persons/year. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tuberculosis control programme of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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