TB Kills 75,000 Children in Africa Every Year - How This Can Stop... TC_Africa: Africa
Less than half of the children aged 0-14 who have TB are diagnosed - so they never even start treatment.TB is transmitted between people through the air. When a person with TB coughs or breathes out, some of the TB bugs are expelled to float in the air. If someone else then breathes the bugs in, they cause a new infection. There are several factors that increase the risk of TB transmission.
A variety of factors increase the risk of progressing from TB infection to disease. These are factors that might impede the body's natural immune functioning, such as undernourishment or smoking. Prevention of infection can be done through reducing risks of transmission, for example by opening windows to allow the bugs to blow away. Also, if a person with TB is on treatment, then the number of bugs they expel is dramatically reduced. That's why it's important to get an early diagnosis and start treatment.
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