“The infectious disease kills approximately 13,000 Afghans every year,” the USAID said in a statement. It said people living in crowded urban areas were particularly vulnerable to the disease.
The agency said it would work with Afghan doctors and health workers in public and private sector hospitals and clinics through the “Challenge TB project” to improve early detection of the disease and its screening as well as expanding treatment services.
The USAID said the $15 million . . .
