Int’l support enables Ho Chi Minh City to detect additional 4,000 TB patients annually

Photo: Xuan Mai / Tuoi Tre At the event, more than 300 locals, including the elderly, co-infected patients, and those with probable TB infection received TB screening tests, latent TB skin tests, and chest X-rays, among others. One of the beneficiaries, 82-year-old Nguyen Thi Lang, residing in District 5, said, “It’s my first time taking a TB screening test for free. Also, they were told to return there to get the latent TB skin test results in the next two days. A man gets a chest X-ray test, in addition to receiving TB screening and latent TB skin tests at no charge at a TB health screening event in Ho Chi Minh City, March 18, 2023. Also, they were told to return there to get the latent TB skin test results in the next two days.