• With 8.8 Mi new cases annually and almost 1,5 Mi deaths, TB is still a leading mortality factor
• TB is the leading killer of people with HIV
• 22 HBC (High Burden Country) countries account for 80% of the incidence
• Annually over USD 1 Bi was spent on TB diagnostics in 2009, and the sum is increasing
• TB drains 12 billion USD from the annual incomes of the poorest communities
• Loss of productivity attributable to TB approaches 7% of GDP in some countries
• In 2009 there were 9,7 million orphan children a a result of TB deaths
Nearly 4,000 people die from TB daily,
a curable disease in most cases !!