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TB rise in north linked to AIDS

    JOHANNESBURG

    Ugandan health authorities have attributed the rising incidence of tuberculosis (TB) in the northern district of Gulu to HIV/AIDS.

    According to the area's TB and leprosy supervisor, John Opwonya, a total of 1,068 TB cases were recorded in the first half of this year.

    The local New Vision newspaper quoted Opwonya as saying: "It is estimated that about 50 to 60 percent of TB patients in the district are also HIV-positive."

    Opwonya attributed the new TB cases to overcrowding in the camps for internally displaced persons, who have fled attacks by rebel group the Lord's Resistance Army, as well as poor nutrition in the district.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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