Tuberculosis spreads in Red Sea province.

Sudanese health minister Ihsn Al-Gabshawi acknowledged the spread of tuberculosis in the Red Sea province.

Gabshawi attributed the spread of the disease to malnutrition. He claimed that his ministry has laid dawn a plan for establishing nutrition centers in towns and villages of the province as a step towards ending malnutrition.

The Red Sea province is known to suffer from a shortage of food, a Khartoum daily said today

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