HCMC plans additional testing for TBHCM City has targeted testing at least 17,045 additional people with tuberculosis (TB), including 7,840 new patients with pulmonary TB, next year, according to the city’s TB Prevention and Control Programme. Of these, 7,778 pulmonary TB patients were admitted for treatment this year, an increase of 8.5 per cent compared to 2016. Many TB patients do not have symptoms and can be dangerous sources for transmission. Moreover, many patients with TB give up their treatment, leading to drug-resistant TB. Hospitals in the city in 2017 admitted 282 children with TB in 2017, including 47 positive for pulmonary TB, an increase of 74 per cent compared to 2016.

Source: VietNamNet News December 30, 2017 12:24 UTC