CDC’s Fight Against Global Tuberculosis

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CDC’s Fight Against Global Tuberculosis
2 billion people infected with TB (1/3 of world population)

Every Year:

• 9..6 million sick with active TB
• 480,000 new cases of multi-drug resistant TB (MDR TB)
• 1.5 million deaths

Preventable, treatable, curable

43 million lives saved (2000 – 2014)

Source: WHO, 2015

CDC’s Impact

CDC is working with partners to identify new approaches to improve TB prevention and care worldwide.

• Developing new strategies to find and cure TB.
• Strengthening surveillance systems to identify and target hot spots.
• Transforming the World’s Approach to diagnosing TB among those with HIV.
• Informing the global roadmap to find, cure and prevent TB in children.
• Establishing best practices to end TB transmission in health facilities.
• Leading research to improve treatment for drug-resistant TB.

Division of Global HIV & TB www.cdc.gov/globalhivtb
March 2016