Tuberculosis is making a comeback in Mali, partly as a result of HIV/AIDS patients falling prey to the disease, but also because the respiratory disease is considered shameful and patients are reluctant to seek treatment, government officials said.
and 44 are considered most susceptible to developing tuberculosis, which congests the lungs and causes difficulties in breathing.
"Unfortunately, less than a third of these people are detected in time," said Nacko, the campaign coordinator, stressing that this made it difficult to cut the chain of infection.
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