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"Effective tuberculosis (TB) treatment has been available for the past 60
years. But TB remains the leading cause of death from a single infectious
agent. It ranks above HIV and AIDS and others. This is partly because of the
impact of HIV co-infection among TB patients in places like Africa and
emergency of MDR-XDR TB. Lack of both gender mainstreaming and reduction of
stigma manifested by persistently lower reported cases among women that men is
of continued concern.
COVID-19 surpassed TB as a killer over the past two years. The number of people
dying from TB have been going down since 2005. But now TB is again at number
one. Between 2019 and 2021 the number of people provided with treatment for TB
decreased – largely due to COVID-related lockdowns. In 2021, 61% of people with
TB were receiving treatment, this is lower that 69% in 2020."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
