Imdad A Khushk, Iqtedaar Ahmed, Shaheen Sharaf Shah.
Tuberculosis control in Pakistan: current issues and challenges
J Coll Physicians Surg Pak Jun 2006;16(6):387-8.
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Tuberculosis (TB) is a contagious disease, which spreads as a droplet infection. It is the leading killer of young adults worldwide. Each year, 8 million people develop active TB and 3 million die. The largest number of cases occurs in the South-East Asia Region, which accounts for 33% of incident cases globally. However, the estimated incidence per capita in Sub-Saharan Africa is nearly twice that of the South-East Asia, at 350 cases per 100,000 population. Overall, one-third of the world`s population is currently infected with the TB bacillus and someone is newly infected with TB bacilli every second. HIV and TB form an even more lethal combination; TB is also a leading cause of death among HIV-positive people and accounts for about 13% of AIDS deaths worldwide. However, in Africa, HIV is the single most important factor determining the increased incidence of TB in the past 10 years. This is an Editorial.

Category: Internal Medicine
Keywords: Tuberculosis.

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