Thursday, March 24, 2011

WHO: In 2015, 2 Million People Suffering TB Hard Treated

World Health Organization (WHO) said more than 2 million people between 2011 and 2015 will be exposed to diseases that are not resistant tuberculosis treated with various medications.


According to Mario Raviglione, the official in charge of tuberculosis in the WHO, hundreds of thousands of people will die worldwide due to tuberculosis are not immune to various drugs (MDR-TB), unless greater efforts to address them.

Told reporters on Wednesday (23 / 3) in Geneva Raviglione said, some Eastern European countries managed to reduce the number of tuberculosis infection with an aggressive maintenance program.

However, many countries do not perform sufficient oversight of MDR-TB, or provide proper care.
WHO said about 25,000 people seteiap years who were diagnosed with tuberculosis disease more dangerous, because it does not work treated with various medications

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