An History of the Fight Against Tuberculosis in Canada.

Human Impact of Tuberculosis

Facts from the World Health Organization

-More people are dying of TB today than ever before.

- TB kills 8,000 people a day – that is 2-3 million people each year. It kills more people than either AIDS or malaria. In fact TB is the biggest killer of young people and adults in the world today.

- One third of the world’s population is infected with TB. If you are sick with TB you are likely to infect another 10 to 15 people in just one year.

Impact

- History

TB and HIV

- TB accounts for one third of AIDS deaths worldwide. It is the biggest killer of people who are HIV-positive.

- If you are HIV-positive, you are 30 times more likely to get sick with TB once infected.

TB and women

- TB is the single biggest killer of young women.

- Over one million women will die needlessly from TB this year.

TB and children

- Over 100,000 children will die needlessly from TB this year.

- Hundreds of thousands of children will become TB orphans this year.

TB and refugees

- As many as half of the world’s refugees may be infected with TB.

Each year, over 17,000 refugees get sick with the disease.

-- from the World Health Organization, 1999

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