Considerable Higher Rates of HIV-Related TB Deaths Worldwide, WHO Report Says

A WHO report indicates that the number of new TB cases was stable in 2007 in different parts of the world and similarly there was a considerable decrease in the number of people who were becoming the victim of the disease worldwide, but now the rates of HIV related TB deaths have been noticed 25% that are more than double than the previously noted rates.

WHO 09 Global TB Control Report has been published on March 24th that coincides World TB Day as well as 1500 delegates gathering that were attending the third Stop TB Partners’ Forum in Brazil.

According to this new report, there were around 1.37million new cases of the disease In people with HIV-infection and death toll was noted 456,000 around the world. These stats show an improvement in the data quality that is being considered a lot more representative with more new countries than the past.

The report also shows that one out of every four TB deaths relates to HIV that is almost double than what was estimated before. It has become a serious issue for affected persons as well as public health, as TB development speeds up because of HIV.

“There is a dire need to find out some more appropriate treatments, preventions and cures for those TB patients that also have HIV infection,” the report concludes.