Sentence examples for highest burden countries from inspiring English sources
The country stands 7th among the 22 highest burden countries [3].
Uganda is one of the world's 22 highest burden countries with TB, with an estimated annual risk of tuberculosis infection of 3% and an annual incidence of new smear positive TB cases of 9.2 per 1000 in an urban setting [2].
DFID will focus on the 20 highest burden countries of the world where 80% of the world's underweight children live.
Low-cost interventions that are very effective, but are not commonly used in the highest burden countries include: Antenatal corticosteroids given to mothers in preterm labor.
Along with WHO, the World Bank and UNFPA, we are working to accelerate maternal health interventions in the highest burden countries.
For the highest burden countries, every $1 invested in a mother's or baby's health gives a nine-fold return on investment in social and economic benefit.
In high burden countries like Kenya and South Africa, ART can be initiated by nurses, midwives and health workers in dispensaries or local clinics.
Tuberculosis is a global problem, especially in high burden countries such as Russia, that is fueled by delay in seeking treatment and nonadherence to prescribed medications.
Uzbekistan is one of the high burden countries for TB globally and one of the 27 high burden countries for MDR-TB in the world.
Costs of the disease, as calculated by the World Bank in 2009 may exceed 150 billion USD per year in "high burden" countries.
