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Goal 6:<br />
Combat HIV/AIDS,<br />
malaria, and other<br />
diseases<br />
The sheer number of<br />
people in this picture is a<br />
powerful reminder of the<br />
difficulties of controlling<br />
communicable diseases.<br />
In India, tuberculosis kills<br />
an estimated 330,000<br />
people per year, but<br />
there is hope! Since 1997,<br />
the Revised National<br />
Tuberculosis Control<br />
Programme has provided<br />
treatment to more than<br />
11 million patients and<br />
saved more than two<br />
million lives.<br />
photo by<br />
tim whittick &<br />
penny brussen<br />
www.ghn.amsa.org.au<br />
vector FEB <strong>2011</strong><br />
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