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TB kills two a day

    JOHANNESBURG

    Tuberculosis (TB) kills about two people daily in Malawi, statistics from the National TB Control Programme said on Thursday.

    The statistics show that at least 22,000 cases were recorded each year, half of these in urban areas because of overcrowding. The high prevalence of TB has been blamed on HIV/AIDS. According to the statistics, 66 out of every 100 TB patients in hospitals were HIV positive. An estimated one million Malawians are thought to be infected with the HIV virus.

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