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Crown princess attends anti-tuberculosis event

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko attends a tuberculosis prevention event in Kiyose, Tokyo, on Nov. 28, 2025. (Pool photo)

Crown princess attends anti-tuberculosis event

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko (C) attends a tuberculosis prevention event in Kiyose, Tokyo, on Nov. 28, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Crown princess attends anti-tuberculosis event

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko attends a tuberculosis prevention event in Kiyose, Tokyo, on Nov. 28, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japan crown princess visits Sapporo

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko (3rd from R) visits on Sept. 24, 2025, the Former Hokkaido Government Office Building, known as the Red Brick Office, in Sapporo in Hokkaido, northern Japan, where she is visiting to attend events for tuberculosis prevention week. (Pool photo)

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Japan crown princess visits Sapporo

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko (front, 2nd from L) visits on Sept. 24, 2025, the Former Hokkaido Government Office Building, known as the Red Brick Office, in Sapporo in Hokkaido, northern Japan, where she is visiting to attend events for tuberculosis prevention week. (Pool photo)

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Japan crown princess visits anti-tuberculosis association

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko (R) visits the anti-tuberculosis association in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Sept. 24, 2025.

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Japan crown princess visits anti-tuberculosis association

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko (R) visits the anti-tuberculosis association in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Sept. 24, 2025.

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The Museum of the Holy Souls in Purgatory - Rome

The ‘ Museum of the Holy Souls in Purgatory’ housed in a room of the small neo-Gothic church of the Sacred Heart of Suffrage (Chiesa del Sacro Cuore del Suffragio) in Rome, Italy on March 5, 2025 is one of a kind in the world as it pretends to offer undeniable proofs of the existence of Purgatory. - Pictured: The fire imprint left by a finger of Sister Maria di San Luigi Gonzaga, who appeared to Sister Maria del Sacro Cuore in 1894 in Bastia (Perugia, Italy). The report of the fact preserved in the monastery of Santa Chiara of the Child Jesus tells how Sister Marie suffering from tuberculosis died in 1894. She appeared in the following night to the amazed Sister Margherita and explained that she was in Purgatory. She asked for suffrage prayers and to attest to the reality of her apparition, she placed her index finger on the cushion cover and promised to return. - The tiny century-old ‘Piccolo Museo Del Purgatorio’ holds a collection of bibles, prayer books, tabletops, and articles of clothing said to have be

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Japan crown princess at anti-tuberculosis event

Japan's Crown Princess Kiko delivers a speech during the opening session of an anti-tuberculosis event in Tokyo on Feb. 26, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japan crown princess at anti-tuberculosis event

Japan's Crown Princess Kiko attends the opening session of an anti-tuberculosis event in Tokyo on Feb. 26, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japan crown princess at anti-tuberculosis event

Japan's Crown Princess Kiko attends the opening session of an anti-tuberculosis event in Tokyo on Feb. 26, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japan Crown Princess Kiko

Japan's Crown Princess Kiko delivers a speech at an anti-tuberculosis event on Feb. 5, 2025, in Morioka in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan.

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Japan Crown Princess Kiko

Japan's Crown Princess Kiko delivers a speech at an anti-tuberculosis event on Feb. 5, 2025, in Morioka in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan.

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CHINA-BEIJING-PENG LIYUAN-CHINA AND AFRICA-CHILDREN-SUMMER CAMP (CN)

(240719) -- BEIJING, July 19, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Peng Liyuan, wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping, also a World Health Organization (WHO) goodwill ambassador for tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS, and a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) special envoy for the advancement of girls' and women's education, attends the "Love in the Sunshine" summer camp for children from China and Africa, and delivers a speech at Beijing Library in Beijing, capital of China, July 19, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Wang Ye)

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CHINA-BEIJING-PENG LIYUAN-CHINA AND AFRICA-CHILDREN-SUMMER CAMP (CN)

(240719) -- BEIJING, July 19, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Peng Liyuan, wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping, also a World Health Organization (WHO) goodwill ambassador for tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS, and a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) special envoy for the advancement of girls' and women's education, attends the "Love in the Sunshine" summer camp for children from China and Africa, and delivers a speech at Beijing Library in Beijing, capital of China, July 19, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Ding Lin)

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CHINA-BEIJING-PENG LIYUAN-CHINA AND AFRICA-CHILDREN-SUMMER CAMP (CN)

(240719) -- BEIJING, July 19, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Peng Liyuan, wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping, also a World Health Organization (WHO) goodwill ambassador for tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS, and a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) special envoy for the advancement of girls' and women's education, attends the "Love in the Sunshine" summer camp for children from China and Africa, and delivers a speech at Beijing Library in Beijing, capital of China, July 19, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Liu Bin)

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CHINA-BEIJING-PENG LIYUAN-CHINA AND AFRICA-CHILDREN-SUMMER CAMP (CN)

(240719) -- BEIJING, July 19, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Peng Liyuan, wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping, also a World Health Organization (WHO) goodwill ambassador for tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS, and a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) special envoy for the advancement of girls' and women's education, attends the "Love in the Sunshine" summer camp for children from China and Africa, and delivers a speech at Beijing Library in Beijing, capital of China, July 19, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Wang Ye)

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CHINA-BEIJING-PENG LIYUAN-CHINA AND AFRICA-CHILDREN-SUMMER CAMP (CN)

(240719) -- BEIJING, July 19, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Peng Liyuan, wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping, also a World Health Organization (WHO) goodwill ambassador for tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS, and a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) special envoy for the advancement of girls' and women's education, attends the "Love in the Sunshine" summer camp for children from China and Africa, and delivers a speech at Beijing Library in Beijing, capital of China, July 19, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Wang Ye)

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CHINA-BEIJING-PENG LIYUAN-CHINA AND AFRICA-CHILDREN-SUMMER CAMP (CN)

(240719) -- BEIJING, July 19, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Peng Liyuan, wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping, also a World Health Organization (WHO) goodwill ambassador for tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS, and a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) special envoy for the advancement of girls' and women's education, attends the "Love in the Sunshine" summer camp for children from China and Africa, and delivers a speech at Beijing Library in Beijing, capital of China, July 19, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Liu Bin)

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CHINA-BEIJING-PENG LIYUAN-UNAIDS-WHO-OFFICIALS-MEETING (CN)

(240711) -- BEIJING, July 11, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Peng Liyuan, wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping and a goodwill ambassador of the World Health Organization (WHO) for tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS, meets with Winnie Byanyima, under-secretary-general of the United Nations (UN) and executive director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), and Jerome Salomon, assistant director-general of WHO in Beijing, capital of China, July 11, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Ding Lin)

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Japanese Crown Princess Kiko

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko (L) visits an exhibition about tuberculosis at Kiyose City Museum in Tokyo on April 30, 2024. (Pool photo)

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AU officials laud China's support to promote health in Africa

STORY: AU officials laud China's support to promote health in Africa SHOOTING TIME: March 22, 2024 DATELINE: March 27, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:39 LOCATION: Addis Ababa CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Africa CDC headquarters 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): SHEILA SHAWA, Senior technical specialist of the African Union Commission (AUC) 3. various of the Africa CDC headquarters 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): FRANCIS CHISAKA KASOLO, Director of the World Health Organization (WHO) liaison office at the AU and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): FRANCIS CHISAKA KASOLO, Director of the World Health Organization (WHO) liaison office at the AU and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa 6. various of the Africa CDC headquarters STORYLINE: Officials of the African Union Commission (AUC) have lauded Africa-China cooperation in the health sector, whereby China has proven to be a strategic partner in dealing with infectious diseases, including tuberculosis (TB) in Africa.

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African countries urged to take actions to end TB by 2030

STORY: African countries urged to take actions to end TB by 2030 SHOOTING TIME: March 22, 2024 DATELINE: March 24, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:09 LOCATION: Addis Ababa CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of the African Union (AU) headquarters 2. various of the event to mark the 2024 World Tuberculosis Day held at the AU headquarters 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): SABELO MBOKAZI, Head of division of labor, employment and migration at the African Union Commission 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): SHEILA SHAWA, Senior technical specialist of African Union Commission STORYLINE: Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the major causes of death in Africa, killing hundreds of thousands of people every year, African Union (AU) officials said at an event held at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa on Friday. The event under the theme of "Yes! We can end TB!" was held to mark the 2024 World Tuberculosis Day, which falls on March 24 every year to raise people's awareness of the deadly disease. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): SABELO MBOKAZI, Head of divisio

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Crown Princess Kiko attends tuberculosis-related event

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko speaks at a tuberculosis prevention event sponsored by the Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association in Tokyo on March 15, 2024.

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Crown Princess Kiko attends tuberculosis-related event

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko speaks at a tuberculosis prevention event sponsored by the Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association in Tokyo on March 15, 2024.

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Crown Princess Kiko attends tuberculosis-related event

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko speaks at a tuberculosis prevention event sponsored by the Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association in Tokyo on March 15, 2024.

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Japan Crown Princess at tuberculosis prevention event

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko (C) speaks at the opening session of an event on tuberculosis prevention in Tokyo on Feb. 7, 2024.

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Japan Crown Princess at tuberculosis prevention event

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko speaks at the opening session of an event on tuberculosis prevention in Tokyo on Feb. 7, 2024.

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Japan Crown Princess at tuberculosis prevention event

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko speaks at the opening session of an event on tuberculosis prevention in Tokyo on Feb. 7, 2024.

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BioNTech inaugurates first manufacturing plant for mRNA vaccines in Rwanda

STORY: BioNTech inaugurates first manufacturing plant for mRNA vaccines in Rwanda SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 18, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 21, 2023 LENGTH: 0:02:34 LOCATION: Kigali CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY/ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the event 2. SOUNDBITES 1 (English) UGUR SAHIN, Co-founder and CEO of BioNTech 3. SOUNDBITES 2 (English) MOUSSA FAKI MAHAMAT, Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission STORYLINE: BioNTech, a leading biotechnology company, on Monday inaugurated its first manufacturing plant for mRNA vaccines in Africa in Rwanda's capital of Kigali. The inauguration comes after the German company signed deals in 2021 with Rwanda and the Institut Pasteur de Dakar in Senegal to set up manufacturing sites on the continent. The facility construction was launched last year. BioNTech indicated in a statement that it is on course to develop prophylactic mRNA vaccines targeting infectious diseases such as tuberculosis, malaria, and HIV, and is also focusing on diseases with epidemic and pandemic potential,

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Gerard Collomb Welcomes Emmanuel Macron - Lyon

French president Emmanuel Macron, is welcomed Lyon's mayor Gerard Collomb for The Sixth Replenishment Conference of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria on October 9, 2019 in Lyon, France. Photo by Bony/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Emmanuel Macron Awards Jean Nallit as Grand'croix in the "Legion d'honneur" - Lyon

French President Emmanuel Macron and Lyon's mayor Gérard Collomb during a ceremony to award war resistant Jean Nallit as Grand'croix in the "Legion d'honneur" French order at the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes' prefecture in Lyon, central eastern France, on October 9, 2019, ahead of the two-day conference of Global Fund to Fight HIV, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Macron is to chair the final day of the meeting on October 10, 2019, and meet African heads of state. The fund has asked for $14 billion, an amount it says would help save 16 million lives, avert "234 million infections" and place the world back on track to meet the UN objective of ending the epidemics of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria within 10 years. Photo by Mathis Boussuge/ABACAPRESS.COM

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BOTSWANA-GABORONE-MOBILE CLINICS-LAUNCHING

(230930) -- GABORONE, Sept. 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Botswanan Minister of Health Edwin Dikoloti inspects one of the four mobile clinics at their launching ceremony in Gaborone, Botswana on Sept. 28, 2023. Botswana on Thursday launched community clinics on wheels that are expected to provide critical integrated health services, especially HIV testing. The four mobile clinics will enable implementing partners to provide a range of integrated health care services, including HIV testing, pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention, antiretroviral treatment, viral load testing, tuberculosis screening and prevention, gender-based violence screening, post-violence clinical services, sexually transmitted infection screening and treatment, and non-communicable disease screening and treatment. (Photo by Tshekiso Tebalo/Xinhua)

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BOTSWANA-GABORONE-MOBILE CLINICS-LAUNCHING

(230930) -- GABORONE, Sept. 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Sept. 28, 2023 shows two mobile clinics in Gaborone, Botswana. Botswana on Thursday launched community clinics on wheels that are expected to provide critical integrated health services, especially HIV testing. The four mobile clinics will enable implementing partners to provide a range of integrated health care services, including HIV testing, pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention, antiretroviral treatment, viral load testing, tuberculosis screening and prevention, gender-based violence screening, post-violence clinical services, sexually transmitted infection screening and treatment, and non-communicable disease screening and treatment. (Photo by Tshekiso Tebalo/Xinhua)

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World leaders commit to end tuberculosis by 2030 at UN high-level meeting

STORY: World leaders commit to end tuberculosis by 2030 at UN high-level meeting DATELINE: Sept. 23, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:55 LOCATION: UN Headquarters CATEGORY: POLITICS/HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of conference room 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): DENNIS FRANCIS, President of 78th session of UN General Assembly 3. wide shot of delegates applauding 4. wide shot of UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed speaking 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): AMINA MOHAMMED, UN Deputy Secretary-General STORYLINE: World leaders at the United Nations General Assembly's high-level meeting on the fight against tuberculosis (TB) on Friday approved a political declaration to advance efforts to end the disease by 2030. The document lays out ambitious new targets for the next five years, which include reaching 90 percent of people with TB prevention and care services, providing social benefit packages to those who have the disease, and licensing at least one new vaccine. UN General Assembly President Dennis Francis addressed the meeting.

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UN-GENERAL ASSEMBLY-THE FIGHT AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS-HIGH-LEVEL MEETING

(230922) -- UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations General Assembly's high-level meeting on the fight against tuberculosis (TB) is held at the UN headquarters in New York, on Sept. 22, 2023. World leaders at the United Nations General Assembly's high-level meeting on the fight against tuberculosis (TB) on Friday approved a political declaration to advance efforts to end the disease by 2030. (Xinhua/Liu Jie)

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UN-GENERAL ASSEMBLY-THE FIGHT AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS-HIGH-LEVEL MEETING

(230922) -- UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations General Assembly's high-level meeting on the fight against tuberculosis (TB) is held at the UN headquarters in New York, on Sept. 22, 2023. World leaders at the United Nations General Assembly's high-level meeting on the fight against tuberculosis (TB) on Friday approved a political declaration to advance efforts to end the disease by 2030. (Xinhua/Liu Jie)

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UN-GENERAL ASSEMBLY-THE FIGHT AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS-HIGH-LEVEL MEETING

(230922) -- UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- UN General Assembly President Dennis Francis (C, Front) and UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed (L, Front) attend the United Nations General Assembly's high-level meeting on the fight against tuberculosis (TB) at the UN headquarters in New York, on Sept. 22, 2023. World leaders at the United Nations General Assembly's high-level meeting on the fight against tuberculosis (TB) on Friday approved a political declaration to advance efforts to end the disease by 2030. (Xinhua/Liu Jie)

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UN-GENERAL ASSEMBLY-THE FIGHT AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS-HIGH-LEVEL MEETING

(230922) -- UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- UN General Assembly President Dennis Francis (Front) speaks at the United Nations General Assembly's high-level meeting on the fight against tuberculosis (TB) at the UN headquarters in New York, on Sept. 22, 2023. World leaders at the United Nations General Assembly's high-level meeting on the fight against tuberculosis (TB) on Friday approved a political declaration to advance efforts to end the disease by 2030. (Xinhua/Liu Jie)

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CHINA-JIANGXI-PHYSICALLY-CHALLENGED DOCTOR (CN)

(230819) -- NANCHANG, Aug. 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Xiao Jiulin writes tuberculosis prevention information on the health bulletin board at his clinic in Yangang Village of Yudu County, east China's Jiangxi Province, Aug. 15, 2023. TO GO WITH "Feature: Physically-challenged doctor provides primary care for hundreds" (Xinhua/Hu Chenhuan)

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Japan's Crown Princess Kiko

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko (C) visits a research facility of Japan BCG Laboratory, which manufactures the BCG vaccine for tuberculosis, in Kiyose, Tokyo, on April 25, 2023. (Pool photo)

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Japan's Crown Princess Kiko

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko visits a classroom at a public junior high school in Kiyose, Tokyo, on April 25, 2023, to watch students learn about tuberculosis. (Pool photo)

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TANZANIA-DAR ES SALAAM-TB-DETECTION

(230324) -- DAR ES SALAAM, March 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A trained rat sniffs out tuberculosis (TB) samples at a laboratory in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, March 14, 2023. At least 19 African giant pouched rats are at the frontline of scaling up efforts aimed at ending tuberculosis (TB) in Tanzania by accelerating early detection. TO GO WITH "Feature: Tanzania's TB detection rats aid efforts in epidemic fight" (Photo by Herman Emmanuel/Xinhua)

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Tanzania's TB detection rats aid efforts in epidemic fight

STORY: Tanzania's TB detection rats aid efforts in epidemic fight DATELINE: March 24, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:38 LOCATION: DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of Tanzania Veterinary Laboratory Agency 2. SOUNDBITE (English): JOSEPH SOKA, APOPO Program Manager STORYLINE: At least 19 African giant pouched rats are at the frontline of scaling up efforts aimed at ending tuberculosis (TB) in Tanzania by accelerating early detection. In Dar es Salaam, Tanzania's biggest city, 10 trained rats are housed in a forested state-of-the-art laboratory in the compounds of the Tanzania Veterinary Laboratory Agency with only one mission: to detect TB with the highest accuracy. Nine other rats trained to detect the smell of mycobacterium TB in human sputum are stationed at the training center at the Sokoine University of Agriculture in the Morogoro region. At the lab in Dar es Salaam, the 10 TB-detection rats are working alongside 12 staff made up of rat handlers and laboratory technicians, said Joseph

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Japanese Crown Princess Kiko

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko (facing camera) attends an event held by a women's organization for prevention of tuberculosis in Tokyo on Feb. 28, 2023. (Pool photo)

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Japanese Crown Princess Kiko

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko speaks at an event held by a women's organization for prevention of tuberculosis in Tokyo on Feb. 28, 2023. (Pool photo)

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Crown Princess Kiko attends tuberculosis-related ceremony

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko speaks at a ceremony to bestow awards on doctors and nurses for tuberculosis prevention sponsored by the Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association in the southwestern city of Kumamoto on Feb. 15, 2023. (Pool photo)

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Crown Princess Kiko attends tuberculosis-related ceremony

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko speaks at a ceremony to bestow awards on doctors and nurses for tuberculosis prevention sponsored by the Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association in the southwestern city of Kumamoto on Feb. 15, 2023. (Pool photo)

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Crown Princess Kiko attends tuberculosis-related meeting

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko attends a study session sponsored by the Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association in the southwestern Japan city of Kumamoto on Feb. 14, 2023. (Pool photo)

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Crown Princess Kiko attends tuberculosis-related meeting

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko attends a study session sponsored by the Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association in the southwestern city of Kumamoto on Feb. 14, 2023. (Pool photo)