Gains in tuberculosis control at risk

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Tuberculosis (TB) treatment has saved the lives of more than 22 million people, according to the WHO "Global tuberculosis report 2013" published today. The report also reveals that the number of people ill with TB fell in 2012 to 8.6 million, with global TB deaths also decreasing to 1.3 million. The new data confirm that the world is on track to meet the 2015 UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) target of reversing TB incidence, along with the target of a 50% reduction in the mortality rate by 2015 (compared to 1990). (...)

The article:
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2013/tuberculosis-report-2013/en/index.html

The Report:
http://www.who.int/tb/publications/global_report/en/index.html

Sull'argomento:

http://www.saluteinternazionale.info/2013/07/emergenza-tubercolosi-nei-paesi-dellex-unione-sovietica/

http://www.corriere.it/salute/14_marzo_21/tubercolosi-un-antica-malattia-che-fa-ancora-paura-2e07d3c6-b0ea-11e3-b958-9d24e5cd588c.shtml

http://www.repubblica.it/salute/medicina/2014/03/24/news/giornata_mondiale_della_tubercolosi-81744507/?ref=HRLV-21

Gli ultimi sviluppi:

http://www.helpconsumatori.it/salute/sanita/oms-punta-alleliminazione-della-tubercolsi-nei-paesi-a-bassa-incidenza/83608

http://www.galileonet.it/articles/53b69971a5717a70b8000013

Passato... presente:
http://www.fabiomanzione.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2304:tubercolosi-salvare-5-milioni-di-vite-entro-il-2015&catid=126:salute&Itemid=147