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Wednesday, 09 April 2008 |
The World Health Organisation has issued a report warning of the growing menace of a strain of tuberculosis which resists the usual treatment, known as multi drug-resistant TB (MDR-TB). Cases in the European Union have been reported in Estonia where a quarter of the declared cases are now classified as MDR. The WHO estimates that there are 9 million cases of TB every year and of these 400,000 are MDR-TB. The great majority of these cases are in the former Soviet Union, China and South Africa, where two hospitals have razor-wire fencing to prevent inmates from escaping and spreading the disease.
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