Nov 13, 2025 · Tuberculosis is mostly curable but without proper treatment, about two thirds of people who get TB will die. Since 2000, about 83 million lives have been saved through effective diagnosis …

Nov 26, 2025 · Tuberculosis (TB) is the world’s top infectious killer. Nearly 4500 people lose their lives and 30 000 people fall ill with TB each day. TB is contagious and airborne. It is caused by bacteria …

May 20, 2024 · MDR/RR-TB definition usually refers to either multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) or rifampicin-resistant TB (RR-TB). Multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) is a form of TB disease caused by …

Mar 19, 2025 · Tuberculosis (TB) is a contagious disease that spreads through airborne droplets when an infected person coughs, sneezes or breathes. About one third of the world’s population carries a …

Mar 10, 2022 · Tuberculosis (TB) is the world’s top infectious killer. According to the Global Tuberculosis Report 2024, in 2023, the Western Pacific saw an estimated 1.9 million TB cases and 95 000 deaths. …

Asymptomatic tuberculosis and implications for programmatic action Not all individuals who have tuberculosis (TB) present to health services with symptoms or declare that they are sick.

May 23, 2024 · Tuberculosis preventive treatment (TPT) consists of a course of one or more anti-tuberculosis medicines given with the intent of preventing the development of TB disease. TPT is …

Executive summary Latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is defined as a state of persistent immune response to stimulation by Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigens with no evidence of clinically …

Oct 3, 2018 · Tuberculosis in Viet Nam Tuberculosis, or TB, is an infectious bacterial disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which most commonly affects the lungs. It is transmitted from person to …

May 23, 2024 · XDR-TB, an abbreviation for extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB), is a form of TB that is caused by a strain of M. tuberculosis complex that is resistant to rifampicin (and may also be …