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Agency urges state to decongest schools, screen learners for TB

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Health Cabinet Secretary Susan Nakhumicha. [File, Standard]

An international anti-Tuberculosis organisation has called on the government to begin TB screening in schools to reverse the spiking cases of the disease in the country.

The Stop TB Partnership, which is based in Geneva, Switzerland, and brings together more than 2000 governmental and no-governmental organisations, has also asked the Ministry of Education to improve infrastructure in schools.

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