Bulgaria to Receive EUR 9,5 M for Tuberculosis Fight

The TB campaign backed by the fund will last five years and will start in January 2010. Photo by newnetprofits.com

Bulgaria is set to receive EUR 9,5 M from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis (TB) and Malaria, Bulgaria’s Health Ministry announced.

This follows the April announcement that Bulgaria would receive almost EUR 18 M to fight AIDS from the same fund

The TB campaign backed by the fund will last five years and will start in January 2010. The aim is to reduce the number of cases down to 27 in every 100 000 by 2014 from the current 38 in every 100 000.

Another paramount objective of the programme is to deal successfully with the so called multi-resistant tuberculosis because, according to the World Health Organisation, (WHO), Bulgaria is among the 27 most affected countries in the world.

Tuberculosis usually attacks the lungs but can also affect the central nervous system, the lymphatic system, the circulatory system, the genitourinary system, the gastrointestinal system, bones, joints, and even the skin.

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