United Nations, March 25 -- Tuberculosis is not only the world's top infectious killer, it is also the leading cause of deaths among people with HIV and a major cause of antimicrobial resistance-related deaths, the United Nations health agency said on World Tuberculosis Day.
TB remains the world's deadliest infectious killer, claiming nearly 4,500 lives each year and afflicting close to 30,000 others according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).
Since 2000, global efforts to combat this preventable and curable disease have saved an estimated 54 million lives and reduced the TB mortality rate by 42 per cent. "The theme of this year's World TB Day is- It's time to end TB," saidTedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, leading t...