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World TB Day "TB Anywhere is TB Everywhere"

Date:  Friday, March 23, 2007
 
Time:  11:30 to 1:00
 
Where:  In front of the Post Office on Franklin Avenue
 
What:  YHSSA's Communicable Disease Team will be providing TB information, hot soup and beverages.
 
Why:  The incidence of TB in the North is four times higher than the national average.  TB is a contagious disease, but is preventable and curable.  If not treated, a person with active TB can infect between 10 to 15 others. 
 
For More Information: Contact, YHSSA Public Health Unit @ 920-6570