TB care reaches 7 million says WHO report
The World Health Organization (WHO) has released a report on the latest status of treatment of tuberculosis worldwide. The report shows that around the world more people are getting adequate care for tuberculosis in 2018 than ever before but some vulnerable populations are still left out.
The Numbers
The WHO’s latest Global TB Report release from Geneva I Washington DC reveals that worldwide there have been 7 million diagnoses of TB who were treated successfully in 2018. These numbers were 6.4 million in 2017. United Nations had declared earlier that TB would be the next target and these numbers are encouraging says WHO. The report added that in 2018 there have been 1.5 million deaths due to TB which came down from 1.6 million in 2017.
Although low-income nations are still at risk, the report states, there has been a steady decline in the number of new TB cases. In 2018 the number of new cases of TB was 10 million say experts. This means that if 7 million were treated adequately in 2018, 3 million remain undertreated.
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