Tuberclosis Report

World TB Day, on 24 March, is an opportunity to raise awareness about the burden of tuberculosis (TB) worldwide and the status of TB prevention and control efforts. 

Progress towards global targets for reductions in TB cases and deaths in recent years has been impressive: TB mortality has fallen over 40% worldwide since 1990, and incidence is declining. New TB tools such as rapid diagnostics are helping transform response to the disease. Further progress will be dependent on addressing criticial funding gaps.

Key facts

• Tuberculosis (TB) is second only to HIV/AIDS as the greatest killer worldwide due to a single infectious agent.
• In 2011, 8.7 million people fell ill with TB and 1.4 million died from TB.
• Over 95% of TB deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries, and it is among the top three causes of death for women aged 15 to 44.
• In 2010, there were about 10 million orphan children as a result of TB deaths among parents.
• TB is a leading killer of people living with HIV causing one quarter of all deaths.
• Multi-drug resistant TB (MDR-TB) is present in virtually all countries surveyed.
• The estimated number of people falling ill with tuberculosis each year is declining, although very slowly, which means that the world is on track to achieve the Millennium Development Goal to reverse the spread of TB by 2015.
• The TB death rate dropped 41% between 1990 and 2011.
• An estimated 20 million lives saved through use of DOTS and the Stop TB Strategy recommended by WHO.
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• Highelets:
• 20 Million people lifes are saved through tuberclosis camp.
• 1.6 billion US dollar per year is needed to implement existing TB intenventions.
• For complete report about TB : http://www.tbfacts.org/tb-statistics-india.html