For the 2010 survey, we used multistage, stratified sampling to randomly select 176 investigation points from within the 31 mainland provinces, municipalities, and autonomous regions hereafter termed provinces. In subsaharan africa, 20 of 46 countries report having infection control policies, covering 74% of the estimated hiv infectionrelated tuberculosis. In view of an observed tuberculosis incidence exceeding 100 cases per 100 000 population, the minister of health of greenland asked the who regional office for europe to organize a country visit jointly with the state serum institute of denmark and the danish lung association. Ohkado a, pevzner e, sugiyama t, murakami k, yamada n, cavanaugh s, ishikawa n, harries ad. Tuberculosis is an infectious disease caused by mycobacterium tuberculosis that has a huge social impact.
With these limitations, the estimated burden of disease caused by tb in 2010 was 8. Tuberculosis cases by age and raceethnicity, new york state exclusive of new york city, 2010. Global tuberculosis control who report 2010 pdf free. The global tuberculosis situation and the new control strategy of the world health organization. We also assessed the mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates drugsusceptibility patterns and. The number of tb cases among asians in new york state exclusive of new york city peaked in the 2534 year age group n21, with a slightly lower peak in the over 65 age group n12. Leopold blanc, dennis falzon, christopher fitzpatrick, katherine floyd, ines garcia, christopher gilpin, philippe glaziou, tom hiatt, delphine sculier, charalambos sismanidis, hazim timimi and mukund uplekar.
Information resource centre htmstb world health organization 20 avenue appia, 1211geneva27, switzerland email. October 2014 20 global tuberculosis control report this is the 18th who annual report on global tb control october 20 whohtmtb20. Roughly onequarter of the worlds population has been infected with m. For further information about tuberculosis contact. Global tuberculosis report 2019 who has published a global tb report every year since 1997. Madhu pai and colleagues introduce the bcg world atlas, an open access, user friendly web site for tb clinicians to discern global bcg vaccination policies and practices and improve the care of. In 1991, the world health assembly set global targets for 2000, with a modelbased goal of reducing prevalence and incidence by 5% to 10% annually. These improvements in longevity have resulted from improved living conditions overall. Institute of medicine us forum on drug discovery, development, and translation. Global tuberculosis control report 2009 short update. It provides a comprehensive and uptodate assessment of the tb epidemic and progress in implementing and financing tb prevention, care and control at global, regional and country levels using data reported by 200 countries and territories that account for over 99% of the world. Genitourinary tuberculosis gutb is the second most common form of. The prevalence of tuberculosis tb can be traced back to 24003400 bc, and the disease still continues to remain as the global threat affecting approximately 10 million people per year. Basic facts congressional research service summary tuberculosis tb is one of the most widespread infectious diseases in the world, infecting an average of 9 million people annually.
Senegal country profile centers for disease control and. Worldwide, tb remains one of the leading causes of death from infectious disease. As a freely accessible document that is electronically available, the 2011 global tuberculosis control report provides a valuable update for those working at the coalface of tb management, along with those in tb research and policy development. Tuberculosis incidence is 5 to 70 times greater in prisons than in communities. Implications of the global increase of diabetes for. Nov 14, 2010 the fourth edition of the annual epidemiological report on communicable diseases in europe provides a comprehensive summary of surveillance data for 2008.
Tuberculosis tb and hivaids are two important causes of morbidity and mortality from infectious diseases worldwide. The findings in the global tuberculosis control 2010 publication confirm that when whos best practices are put in place, and with the right amount of funding and commitments from governments, we can turn the tide on the tb epidemic, said dr mario raviglione, director of the who stop tb department. It is a chronic disease caused by the bacillus mycobacterium tuberculosis and spreads from person to person through air. Country perceptions for implementation of the new multidrug resistant tb mdrtb medicines. Over the last century, global control eforts have reduced the incidence and prevalence of tuberculosis tb in many countries. Tuberculosis elimination is a distant dream vipin m v ashishtha consulting pediatrician, mangla hospital, bijnor 246 701, up, india. The world health organization who has published an annual report on global control of tuberculosis tb every year since 1997. The current years report supersedes all previous reports. Since 2010, cdc has also supported the ministry of healths hivaids control efforts. Abstract who has published a global tb report every year since 1997. Who report 2010 global tuberculosis control reliefweb. Tuberculosis in new york state 2010 annual statistical report. Background tuberculosis tb is a leading cause of death among infectious agents, ranking above hivaids.
Global tuberculosis control report 2010 avian flu diary. Evidence of bone lesions suggestive of tuberculosis in mummies of north america, peru, and egypt confirms the ancient impact of this disease on early civilizations rothschild et al. Prevention of tuberculosis in people living with hiv. The main purpose of the report is to provide a comprehensive and. According to the world health organization who report published in 2010, an estimated 14 million people worldwide are infected with active tuberculosis tb with an increasing concentration in countries with low social development. With the advent of hiv infection, tb is the most common opportunistic infection among aids patients. Reports such as this also serve as valuable teaching tools. Global tuberculosis report 2014 centers for disease control. It is becoming a major world heath problem once again, with nearly one third of the worlds population being infected with mycobacterium tuberculosis. Global tuberculosis reports from 1997 the data in the report is updated annually. Determinants of tuberculosis treatment outcome under. Multidrug and extensively drugresistant tb mxdrtb 2010 global report on surveillance and response.
Global tuberculosis control 2011, who report 2011 behera d. To inform development of tuberculosis tb control strategies, we characterized a total of 2,261 mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolates by using multiple phenotypic and molecular markers, including polymorphisms in repetitive sequences spoligotyping and variablenumber tandem repeats vntrs and large sequence and singlenucleotide polymorphisms. Therefore, the aim of the current study was to assess tb treatment outcome and its. Global tuberculosis control 2010 world health organization. This report records taiwans epidemiological data of tuberculosis in 2010 and part of 2011. Tuberculosis airborne disease caused by the bacterium mycobacterium tuberculosis m. Since the 1990s, china has implemented a nationwide whorecommended dots directly observed treatment, shortcourse strategy, which led to a successful 65% decline in smearpositive pulmonary tuberculosis and a 48% decline in bacteriologically positive tuberculosis between 1990 and 2010. The world health organizations programme on communicable diseases monitors the epidemic, evaluating. Currently, the standard shortcourse chemotherapy for tuberculosis comprises a 6month regimen, with a fourdrug intensive phase and a twodrug continuation phase. Global tuberculosis control who report 2010 the world health organization monitors the global tuberculosis epidemic in support of national tb control programmes. World tb day is observed each year on march 24 to commemorate the date in 1882 when robert koch announced the discovery of mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium that causes tuberculosis tb. Tuberculosis has been present in the lives of human beings for many centuries. Pdf tuberculosis tb is an ancient disease, but not a disease of the past. Global tuberculosis report 2018 contents abbreviations iv acknowledgements v executive summary 1 chapter 1.
For the latest data and analysis, please see the most recent edition of the global tb report. The public health community worldwide has struggled with tuberculosis tb control for many years. Tuberculosis tb has claimed its victims throughout human history. April 2016 improving tuberculosis case detection tbreach. Abstract this is the nineteenth global report on tuberculosis tb published by who in a series that started in 1997. Using the xpert mtbrif assay to detect pulmonary and extrapulmonary. The main purpose of the report is to provide a comprehensive and uptodate assessment of the tb epidemic and progress made in tb care and control at global, regional and country levels. If you are looking for a quick overview, or a handout to print, you can download this 2page pdf summary. Tuberculosis cases in south dakota have historically been located in a few geographic locations that consistently report the majority of tb cases. Tuberculosis control who global information resource. This is the twentieth global report on tuberculosis tb published by who in a series that started in 1997. The who global tb report highlights the very big gains the. Who report 2010 global tuberculosis control world reliefweb. It is hoped that it will provide some insight into the tuberculosis epidemic and.
Global tuberculosis report 2016 centers for disease control. In 2010, the prevailing challenges of hiv infection and drug resistance still undermine the global control of tuberculosis. The new profile of drugresistant tuberculosis in russia. Who report 2002 global tuberculosis control surveillance, planning, financing global tuberculosis control who report 2002 communicable diseases who the global tuberculosis epidemic is growing larger and more dangerous each year. Launch of the who global tuberculosis control report 2010. Tuberculosis tb remains an important cause of morbidity, mortality, and suffering among persons with hiv infection and tb and their families. The data are based on the national case report report of a verified case of tuberculosis rvct, a standardized form used throughout the u. Nov 10, 2010 the world health organization who has published an annual report on global control of tuberculosis tb every year since 1997.
Ten great public health achievements worldwide, 20012010. The global report on tuberculosis provides a comprehensive assessment of the tuberculosis epidemic and progress in implementing and. The main aim of the report is to provide a comprehensive and uptodate assessment of the tb epidemic, and of progress in prevention, diagnosis and treatment of the disease, at global, regional and country levels. International and national scenario of directly observed. Despite a reduction in the incidence of some of the diseases under surveillance, the data presented show that several problems remain. There are more than 9 million new cases every year worldwide, and the incidence rate is falling at less than 1% per. Global commitments to end tb and multisectoral accountability 9 chapter 3.
Using the xpert mtbrif assay to detect pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis and rifampicin resistance in adults and children. Tb usually affects the lungs but it can also affect other parts of the body, such as brain, intestines, kidneys, or the spine. More than 50 years after the introduction of antituberculosis chemotherapy. Tuberculosis tb is an ancient disease that has affected mankind for more than 4,000 years. In particular, entire timeseries of tb disease burden estimates are. Evaluating the tb treatment outcome is one method of tb control measures. Though much effort has been done, ethiopia remained one of those countries which share the greatest burden of tb. These include minnehaha county which reports the highest number of foreignborn tb cases and shannon, todd and pennington counties which report the highest number of native american tb cases. Infectious diseases can be transmitted readily within prisons due to close contact between prisoners. This report highlights data for tuberculosis tb cases reported in san diego county in 20, and includes recent and key historical data, to assist in interpretation. The main purpose of the report is to provide a comprehensive and up.
We undertook a longitudinal analysis of data from 1990, 2000, and 2010 national tuberculosis prevalence surveys in china. Who report 2010 world health organization the world health organization who has published an annual report on global control of tuberculosis tb every year since 1997. Associations between mycobacterium tuberculosis strains. We analyzed sputum of presumptive tb patients by using the xpert mtbrif assay. Globally, an estimated 33 million persons are infected with human immunodeficiency virus hiv and 2. May 14, 2012 the public health community worldwide has struggled with tuberculosis tb control for many years. The publication contains the very latest data, and for the first time also includes online profiles from 212 countries and territories. Yet tuberculosis remains a severe global public health threat.
Tb, hivassociated tb and drugresistant tb 67 chapter 5. A service of the national library of medicine, national institutes of health. Jul 07, 2015 since 1990, several key events have shifted global strategies to control tb, and global epidemiology has also changed. By 2000, the average life expectancy at birth had increased to 66 years and, if past trends continue, is projected to rise to 73 years by 2025 1. The multiple partners highlight the joint ownership of tuberculosis control from. The main aim of the report is to provide a comprehensive and uptodate assessment of the tb epidemic, and of progress in prevention, diagnosis and treatment of the disease at global, regional and country levels. In particular, entire timeseries of tb disease burden estimates are updated every year. References the new profile of drugresistant tuberculosis. The world health organization who has published an annual report on global control of tuberculosis tb. Evaluation of an international training course to build programmatic capacity for tuberculosis control. In heavily impacted communities in subsaharan africa, there is very high.
The global burden of tb global targets, the stop tb strategy and the global plan to stop tb progress in implementing the stop tb strategy and the global plan to stop tb financing for tb control progress towards global targets for reductions in disease burden improving measurement of the global burden of tb. Cdcs work in senegal dates back to 2001 when it began supporting the countrys hivsexually transmitted infection sentinel surveillance program. Rapid expansion of the standardised approach to tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment that is recommended by who allowed more than 36 million people to be cured between 1995 and 2008, averting up to 6 million deaths. Please note that direct comparisons between estimates of tb disease burden in the latest report and previous reports are not appropriate. It provides a comprehensive and uptodate assessment of the tb epidemic and progress in implementing and financing tb prevention, care, control and research at global, regional and country levels using data reported by over 200 countries that account for more than 99%. Global tuberculosis control who report 2010 pdf free download. New challenges for tuberculosis control in china the.