A comprehensive set of interventions in Uganda during November 1, 2023–September 30, 2024, resulted in 91% of household members of known TB patients being screened for tuberculosis (TB). Of those household members screened, 83% started TB preventive treatment; more than 95% completed treatment.
Adolescent girls and young women with functional disabilities were about twice as likely to experience sexual, physical, and emotional violence over their lifetime compared to those who did not have functional disabilities.
In August 2024, CDC confirmed diagnosis of rhodesiense human African trypanosomiasis in a patient returning from safari in the Zambezi Valley in northern Zimbabwe.
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