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A 12 page paper. TB is a leading killer in Afghanistan. This essay reports the data regarding the incidence of TB in the country, health infrastructure and health system in Afghanistan over the past 20 years, cultural context of the country, economic context, political context, foreign aid to the country, and an analysis of the situation. Bibliography lists 15 sources.
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cough or sneeze or even breathe hard. TB has been eradicated in Western countries but it still occurs in other regions in the world and sometimes even in a Western
country. Certain conditions make it more likely that people will get TB. These conditions include malnutrition, HIV/AIDs, and overcrowded conditions. Tuberculosis is one of the target diseases found in the
United Nations Millennial goals. The document identifies malaria and other diseases under which it identified tuberculosis. TB is a leading killer in Afghanistan. This essay reports the data regarding the
incidence of TB in the country, health infrastructure and health system in Afghanistan over the past 20 years, cultural context of the country, economic context, political context, foreign aid to
the country, and an analysis of the situation. A. Health Data and Infrastructure Goal 6.C of the UNs Millennium Development Goals is to have halted by 2015 the
incidence of malaria and other major diseases. This list includes tuberculosis (UN, n.d.). While the incidence of tuberculosis is decreasing, it continues to remain the second leading killer after HIV
(UN, n.d.). Afghanistan ranks 22nd on the list of countries where TB continues to be a killer. The World Health Organizations (WHOs) Global Tuberculosis Control Report of 2009 revealed there
are 53,000 new TB cases in the country each year and about 10,000 die from this disease (UNAMA, 2012). That is a rate of about 38 people per 100,000. Reports
reveal that 650 children died last year from TB, two-thirds were girls (UNAMA, 2012). More than 70 percent of Afghanistans TB patients are women (UNAMA, 2012). Afghanistan is the only
country where more women get this disease than men (UNAMA, 2012; US AID, 2009). The suspected reasons for more female TB patients than male includes anemia, malnutrition, hard physical labor
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