Trends, measurements and indicators
Tuberculosis (TB) kills approximately 2 million people each year, and the global epidemic is growing. The breakdown in health services, the spread of AIDS and the emergence of multidrug-resistant TB all contribute to its worsening impact. It is estimated that between 2002 and 2020, 1000 million people will be newly infected, over 150 million people will get sick, and 36 million will die of TB, if control is not strengthened.
Of the 1.8 million deaths caused by TB annually, 98 per cent occur in developing countries. TB is a leading cause of death among people who are HIV-positive. In Africa, HIV is the single most important factor determining the increased incidence of TB in the past 10 years.
- Global tuberculosis control: surveillance, planning, financing: WHO report 2007
- This eleventh annual report on Tuberculosis (TB) by the World Health Organization (WHO) assesses whether national TB control programmes (NTP) around the world met the 2005 targets of 70 per cent case detection and 85 per cent cure, and examines the effectiveness of the Stop TB strategy. The paper finds that TB is still a major cause of death worldwide, but the global epidemic is on the threshold of decline.
Recommended reading
- Turning the tide against tuberculosis
- ( A. Zumla; Z. Mullan / The Lancet , 2006)
- Recommended reading
- This Lancet editorial introduces a series of essays on tuberculosis (TB), put together to coincide with World TB Day 2006, on March 24. The essays analyse areas of global importance and raise awarene...
- Evolution of tuberculosis control and prospects for reducing tuberculosis incidence, prevalence and deaths globally
- ( C. Dye; C.J. Watt; D.M. Bleed / Journal of the American Medical Association , 2005)
- Recommended reading
- This paper, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, examines the prospects for meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) on tuberculosis (TB) control. The goals included d...
- Compendium of indicators for monitoring and evaluating national tuberculosis programs
- ( World Health Organization , 2004)
- Recommended reading
- This compendium from the World Health Organization provides guidance on monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of tuberculosis (TB) control at national and local level. It includes a comprehensive listing of...
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- TB remains a major cause of illness and death worldwide
- ( World Health Organization , 2008)
- This World Health Organization report on global tuberculosis (TB) control compiles data from over 200 countries to monitor the scale and direction of TB epidemics, implementation and the impact of the...
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Assessing the strengths and limitations of a system for financial monitoring of TB control
- ( K. Floyd;A. Pantoja;C. Dye / Bulletin of the World Health Organization : the International Journal of Public Health , 2007)
- To sustain tuberculosis (TB) control at current levels and to make further progress so that global targets can be achieved, information about funding needs, sources of funding, funding gaps and expend...
