Kampala, November 2, 2015 — The National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control Programme (NTLP) needs government to invest about Shs534b for a five-year tuberculosis programme if the country is to eliminate the disease.

Uganda is among the 22 high TB burden countries of the world. Furthermore, Uganda has a high number of TB/HIV co-infected persons with about 50 per cent of the patients co-infected with HIV.