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Many that doctors thought had almost disappeared are now making a . Britain's National Health Service (NHS) has reported a rise in the number of people with diseases as tuberculosis (TB), cholera, measles and whooping cough. An NHS said that TB is now more common in England than it is in developed countries such as Rwanda, Iraq, and Guatemala. Tuberculosis is also increasing across the . In 2013, it killed 1.5 million people worldwide, and that is rising. Tuberculosis largely affects very poor people. It is an disease that affects the lungs. Its symptoms include bad coughs, fever, weight loss and .

Researchers say that of the diseases that are making a comeback are both preventable and . One big problem in England is that TB is affecting people who have malnutrition – they do not have to eat. The number of elderly who have to go without food has doubled in the three years. This is putting these old people in greater of getting TB. A UK doctor said she did not understand why society wasn't doing to fight TB. She said: "Malnutrition is . It is totally unacceptable that…there are at least one million older people malnourished or at of malnourishment." She said there needed to be a bigger focus on better nutrition and medicine.

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