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EVERY 15 SECONDS 1 MAN DIES FROM TUBERCULOSIS IN THE WORLD

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Today is the International Day of Struggle against Tuberculosis. But few people know that every 15 seconds one man dies from this disease.

Every year this disease takes lives of 3 million people, mostly poor. Tuberculosis is a respiratory spreading contagious disease. One sick man can infect 10-15 others and the illness can lead to death if not cured.

To remind, Sara Bernard, Byron, Chekhov, Chopin, Maupassant, Paganini, Schiller and some our compatriots – Vahan Teryan, Metsarents, Duryan and Nalbandyan died from tuberculosis.