Stig Östlund

tisdag, oktober 29, 2019

Tuberculosis


Key Facts
October 17, 2019
  • Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the top 10 causes of death worldwide.
  • In 2018, 10 million people fell ill with TB, and 1.5 million died from the disease (including 251 000 among people with HIV).
  • TB is a leading killer of HIV-positive people.
  • In 2018, an estimated 1.1 million children became ill with TB and 251 000 children died of TB (including children with HIV associated TB).
  • Multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) remains a public health crisis and a health security threat. WHO estimates that there were 484 000 new cases with resistance to rifampicin – the most effective first-line drug, of which 78% had MDR-TB.
  • Globally, TB incidence is falling at about 2% per year. This needs to accelerate to a 4–5% annual decline to reach the 2020 milestones of the End TB Strategy.
  • An estimated 58 million lives were saved through TB diagnosis and treatment between 2000 and 2018.
  • Ending the TB epidemic by 2030 is among the health targets of the Sustainable Development Goals.

More: https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/tuberculosis

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