The Lancet: Times for zero death from tuberculosis
When Robert Koch presented his discovery of the tuberculosis bacillus in March, 1882, he hoped it would lead to the eradication of ‘this terrible plague of mankind’. More than a century later, tuberculosis remains a leading killer of adults: of about 9 ·4 million people newly infected with tuberculosis each year, 3 ·5 million are undiagnosed and continue to transmit the disease and more than 1 ·7 million die. Tuberculosis is the main killer of people with HIV infection; drug-resistant strains continue to spread; and paediatric tuberculosis remains an area of neglect. In the past decade, the number of new cases of tuberculosis worldwide has barely declined, and the number of deaths remains catastrophic: more than 4500 per day for this largely treatable disease. As aLancet editorial pointed out, ‘A status quo in tuberculosis control is unacceptable.’
Read more at the Lancet: http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/issue/vol378no9801/PIIS0140-6736(11)X6043-9
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