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Health Ministry to seek help from other countries to eradicate TB from Maldives

Health Ministry to seek help from other countries to eradicate TB from Maldives


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Health Minister Abdullah Nazim have said that they will seek help from other countries to eradicate TB from Maldives.

Speaking to the press at the airport before leaving to Moscow to take part in the health ministers meeting, the minister said that the purpose of the meeting is to discuss about TB eradication.

Nazim said that he will meet with countries and organizations that are ready to help Maldives in this regard. He said that Maldives will try to get insight from countries who have experience in this regard.

The ministry is working to eradicate TB from Maldives by 2020. The main challenge for Maldives is the inflow of expats from Bangladesh to Maldives. Bangladesh has the highest TB prevalence rate in the region.