DHAKA, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) — The mortality from tuberculosis continued to fall over the last decade in Bangladesh, with the annual death toll coming down to 40,000 in recent years, half the figure 10 years ago, said Bangladeshi health minister Zahid Malek.
“Ten years ago, up to 80,000 people died of tuberculosis every year. This has now come down to 40,000,” Zahid Malek said at a workshop on Wednesday, according t