Every year around the globe more than 2 billion people are infected with Tuberculosis or TB as it is commonly called. Although Iran has witnessed great progress in its fight against TB, but there is still work to be done. While in the year 1964, the TB notification rate was 143 per 100,000. In 2012 the latest year for which data is currently available ...

The head of the Zabol College of Physicians reports that 500 people contract tuberculosis in Sistan-Baluchistan each year. The Shargh daily reports that tuberculosis cases have risen dramatically following the drying of Hamoon Lake. The Zabol governor announced that the high concentration of dust particles in the air is the main factor in the growing ...