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There is a worrying nexus between malnutrition and TB infections

Children screened for malnutrition in Turkana County. [File, Standard]

Sustainable Development Goals (target 3.3) envision that by 2030, we shall have ended epidemics like tuberculosis. However, this will remain a mirage if the social determinants fuelling the infection are not circumvented.

The 2022 Global TB Report indicates that 10.6 million people were infected with TB while 1.6 million died from the disease in 2021.

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