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US Ambassador Richard Verma visits Hospital In Dharavi Slums

[Mumbai]US Ambassador Richard Verma visits Hospital In Slums
US Ambassador to India Richard R Verma paid a visit to Sai Hospital in Dharavi slum
Here US aid agency supporting a programme to test and diagnose HIV in patients suffering from tuberculosis (TB).
During his visit to the hospital yesterday, he met doctors, local health care workers and patients to discuss the magnitude of TB and HIV prevalence among the vulnerable poor in India,
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) helps private health care providers link TB patients to public health facilities in order to test HIV, saving lives by diagnosing and co-treating HIV and TB.
India has the largest number of TB cases in the world more than a quarter of the global burden and nearly two people die from TB every three minutes in the country.
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Ambassador Richard Rahul Verma Presenting His Credentials To President Of India