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Health experts in India focus on connection between tobacco and tuberculosis

Recovered from FSRN’s earlier site via the Internet Archive Wayback Machine. The audio here is FSRN’s own production recording. Originally published March 24, 2010.

Today is World Tuberculosis day. Health workers across the globe are making new pledges to curb the epidemic, which affects 10-13 million people worldwide, according to the World Health Organization. India has the highest rate of infection in the world and health experts are drawing attention to the connection between smoking tobacco and the disease. From Jiapuur, Rajasthan, FSRN's Jasvinder Sehgal reports.