The World Health Organization said Tuesday that last year more than 80 million people suffered from tuberculosis. This is the highest figure since the UN agency began tracking the disease. Tuberculosis is a type of bacterial infection that spreads quickly through the air. This has the worst effect on the lungs. About a quarter of the world’s population suffers from tuberculosis. Its first symptoms are observed in only 5 to 10 percent of people.
Tuberculosis can replace Covid
According to the World Health Organization report published on Tuesday, tuberculosis will replace Covid-19 in 2023 and could turn into an epidemic. This is a disease caused by a bacterial infection. Most people die from this disease. This report highlights the challenges of global efforts to eradicate this disease.
Last year, more than 1.25 million people died from tuberculosis.
More than 1.25 million people died from tuberculosis last year and TB is expected to regain its place as the world’s leading infectious disease killer after being supplanted by COVID-19 during the pandemic. The number of deaths from HIV will almost double by 2023.
Tuberculosis affects these countries the most
According to the WHO, tuberculosis continues to affect people in Southeast Asia, Africa and the Western Pacific. In which India, Indonesia, China, Philippines and Pakistan are responsible for more than half of the global cases.
The fact that tuberculosis is still killing and rendering so many people sick is shocking, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a statement. A scandalous thing, even if we have the means to prevent it, detect it and treat it. The mortality rate from tuberculosis is decreasing globally. And the number of newly infected people has started to stabilize. The organization said less than half of the 400,000 patients suffering from drug-resistant tuberculosis last year were diagnosed and treated.
Tuberculosis is caused by a bacterial infection that spreads through the air. Which mainly attacks the lungs. It is estimated that around a quarter of the world’s population suffers from tuberculosis. Yet only 5 to 10 percent develop symptoms.
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