PHA-Exchange> 24 March: Today is World TB Day: Drug resistant TB rampant

[Claudio]

From: "Vern Weitzel" <vern.weitzel at undp.org>
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More facts:
> While according to WHO, progress has been achieved
> recently with the DOTS program, drug-resistant TB is
> rampant in many parts of the world, especially but not
> only in the ex-Soviet Union and represents a threat
> for everyone of us.
TB kills approximately 2 million people
> each year. The  global epidemic is
> growing and becoming more dangerous.

> http://www.stoptb.org/default.asp
>
> Almost 30% of people with HIV are also infected TB. TB is the most common
opportunistic infection among
> people with HIV and is a leading cause of death among
> people who are HIV positive.
> TB is the most common opportunistic infection and a
> leading cause of death among people who are HIV
> positive.
> There may be as many as 300,000 new cases of
> drug-resistant tuberculosis a year in the world.