TB is preventable and curable.ROBERT KOCH discovered the TB bacillus more than 100 years ago but the disease is still far from being controlled.TB spreads by AIR,and commonly affects the LUNGS.
TB is contagious and spreads through the air; if not treated, each person with active TB infects on average 10 to 15 people every year.
2 billion people, equal to one third of the world’s total population, are infected with TB bacilli, the microbes that cause TB.
1 in 10 people infected with TB bacilli will become sick with active TB in their lifetime; people with HIV are at a much greater risk.
TB is a disease of poverty; affecting mostly young adults in their most productive years; the vast majority of TB deaths are in the developing world with more than half of all deaths occurring in Asia.
1.6 million people died from TB in 2005, equal to an estimated 4400 deaths a day. • TB is a leading killer among HIV-infected people with weakened immune systems; about 200 000 people with HIV die from TB every year, most of them being in Africa.
There were 8.8 million new TB cases in 2005 and 80% of them were in 22 countries.Per capita, global TB incidence rates are now stable or falling in all six WHO regions and have peaked globally; however the total number of cases is still rising in the African, Eastern Mediterranean and South East Asia regions.
TB is a worldwide pandemic; though the highest rates per capita are in Africa (28% of all TB cases), half of all new cases are in 6 Asian countries (Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia,Pakistan, the Philippines).
Multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) is a form of TB that does not respond to the standard treatments using fi rst line drugs; MDR-TB is present in virtually all countries recently surveyed by WHO and partners.
450 000 new MDR-TB cases are estimated to occur every year; the highest rates of MDR-TB are in countries of the former Soviet Union and China.
Extensively drug-resistant TB (XDR-TB) occurs when resistance to second-line drugs develops; it is extremely diffi cult to treat, and cases have been confi rmed worldwide.
2 billion people, equal to one third of the world’s total population, are infected with TB bacilli, the microbes that cause TB.
1 in 10 people infected with TB bacilli will become sick with active TB in their lifetime; people with HIV are at a much greater risk.
TB is a disease of poverty; affecting mostly young adults in their most productive years; the vast majority of TB deaths are in the developing world with more than half of all deaths occurring in Asia.
1.6 million people died from TB in 2005, equal to an estimated 4400 deaths a day. • TB is a leading killer among HIV-infected people with weakened immune systems; about 200 000 people with HIV die from TB every year, most of them being in Africa.
There were 8.8 million new TB cases in 2005 and 80% of them were in 22 countries.Per capita, global TB incidence rates are now stable or falling in all six WHO regions and have peaked globally; however the total number of cases is still rising in the African, Eastern Mediterranean and South East Asia regions.
TB is a worldwide pandemic; though the highest rates per capita are in Africa (28% of all TB cases), half of all new cases are in 6 Asian countries (Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia,Pakistan, the Philippines).
Multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) is a form of TB that does not respond to the standard treatments using fi rst line drugs; MDR-TB is present in virtually all countries recently surveyed by WHO and partners.
450 000 new MDR-TB cases are estimated to occur every year; the highest rates of MDR-TB are in countries of the former Soviet Union and China.
Extensively drug-resistant TB (XDR-TB) occurs when resistance to second-line drugs develops; it is extremely diffi cult to treat, and cases have been confi rmed worldwide.
The Global Plan to Stop TB 2006-2015
Full funding and implementation will:
Achieve the Millennium Development Goal to have halted and begun to reverse the incidence of TB by 2015.
Achieve the Millennium Development Goal to have halted and begun to reverse the incidence of TB by 2015.
Expand access to high-quality TB diagnosis and treatment for all.
Save an additional 14 million lives.
Treat 50 million people for TB.
Treat all diagnosed MDR-TB patients.
Put 3 million TB patients coinfected with HIV onto antiretrovirals.
Produce the fi rst new anti-TB drug in 40 years by 2010.
Develop a new vaccine by 2015.
Provide rapid and inexpensive diagnostic tests at the point of care.
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