Manila, Aug. 19 -- The Department of Health (DOH) vowed to find and treat 2.5 million tuberculosis patients by 2022 to end the high burden of the disease in the country.
"For years, many Filipinos have suffered from TB. We all need to accelerate our efforts to end TB in the Philippines," Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said during the National Coordinating Committee meeting on TB on Friday.
Duque added the government made the commitment to end TB in the country last year at the UN High-Level General Assembly in New York City.
"TB is curable, and together we can prevent thousands of preventable deaths from TB," Duque said.
The Philippines has a "high burden of tuberculosis" together with South Africa, India, and Indonesia compared t...