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6000
The number of people who died of Tubercolosis (TB) in the country last year. According to National Tuberculosis Control Programme (NTP), more than 200,000 people were diagnosed with TB, while the death figure might be 80,000 a year as many of these cases remain undetected. As TB remains a global epidemic, World Health Organisation (WHO) observed World TB Day on March 24, with the theme "Unite to End TB."
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