Tuberculosis kills 150

Jinja - About 149 people died of tuberculosis in the last two years, Dr Bernard Mugabe, the district tuberculosis/leprosy control supervisor, has said. He said the long time taken by TB patients to realize they are infected and the failure to complete treatment by patients had resulted in increased number of deaths.

“TB is an air borne disease which spreads through air; the problem is when some people contract it they do not quickly go to health centres for treatment so it spreads to other

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