Tanzania sees 32 pct reduction in TB infections

DAR ES SALAAM, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) -- Tuberculosis (TB) infections in Tanzania have gone down from 306 patients out of 100,000 people in 2015 to 208 patients out of 100,000 people in 2021, a senior official said on Friday.

"The reduction of infections of TB is about 32 percent," said Catherine Joachim, Head of the Health Sector Resource Secretariat in the Ministry of Health.