TB Cases Increase Despite Cheap Medication: WHO

From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

March 23, 2001

The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Thursday that 5,000 people die from tuberculosis (TB) every day, with about 2 million deaths from the disease annually. WHO Director-General Gro Harlem Brundtland noted that worldwide cases of TB rose 6 percent between 1997 and 1999, even though an inexpensive and effective treatment is available to cure the disease. Health officials said the increase in TB cases was in large part due to a 20-percent rise in TB rates in African countries hit hard by AIDS. UNAIDS Director Peter Piot noted, "The link between HIV and TB is inescapable, and TB is the first manifestation of AIDS in more than half of all developing country cases."

Other CDC News for March 23, 2001

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Adapted from:
Agence France Presse (www.afp.com)
03/22/01

This article was provided by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is a part of the publication CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update.

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