Global TB epidemic prompts fresh warnings amid drug-resistance crisis The world is making “dismal progress” towards ending the global epidemic of tuberculosis – the infection which kills more people than any other – amid a “crisis” in resistance to drugs used to treat the disease, the World Health Organisation has warned.
An estimated 10.4 million people had TB last year with 1.8 million dying as a result, the WHO said in a new report.
The figures show the disease is significantly more common than previously thought. The WHO had estimated there were 9.6 million cases in 2014, but it put the rise down to better recording in India, where TB is a particular problem. The Independent
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