James Chance

Projects: A Duel Threat

Pulmonary TB accounts for almost 50 percent of the cases that MSF Belgium works with in Siem Reap and Takeo Provinces. In most areas of the world, extra-pulmonary TB only accounts for eight to 10 percent of cases of TB. Research is progressing, but still inconclusive as to why Cambodia has such a high prevalence of this type of infection.
Pulmonary TB accounts for almost 50 percent of the cases that MSF Belgium works with in Siem Reap and Takeo Provinces. In most areas of the world, extra-pulmonary TB only accounts for eight to 10 percent of cases of TB. Research is progressing, but still inconclusive as to why Cambodia has such a high prevalence of this type of infection.