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TB Alert in Ciudad Juárez
by Frontera NorteSur
Health officials in neighboring El Paso, Texas, are aware of the tuberculosis problem in Ciudad Juárez and work with Mexican health care providers to stem the spread of the disease.

Posted on October 22, 2008
Mexican health authorities plan to kick off an intensive tuberculosis detection campaign October 23 at public clinics in Ciudad Juárez. The
project follows an increase in the number of TB cases registered in the border city during the last two years. According to statistics compiled by
the state Health District #2, local TB cases jumped from 188 in 2006 to 243 in 2007. In 2008, 180 cases have been detected in Ciudad Juárez so far.

“There is a lot of lack of knowledge among the population about the disease, and that’s why people are invited to inform themselves,â€