Investing $44 million in tuberculosis-control programs in Mexico, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic would save the United States nearly triple that amount over 20 years, according to a health-economics analysis. By minimizing the prevalence of TB abroad, the investment could reduce the burden of disease imported into the country by immigrants, refugees, illegal aliens, and visitors.
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