Tuberculosis remains a threat amid Covid-19 in Cambodia

Cambodian migrant workers returning from Thailand arrived in Siem Reap on July 5, 2021. - Phnom Penh Post/ANN

PHNOM PENH, July 11 (Phnom Penh Post/ANN): From January last year to June this year, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) tested more than 13, 000 migrants for tuberculosis (TB), around 200 of whom tested positive and were referred to health centres for treatment.

Dum Chanthida, the national project officer at IOM, told The Post on July 8 that the positive cases were found through tests conducted in cooperation with the Ministry of Health and Banteay Meanchey provincial authorities who were working to better implement migration health policy in the province.