If action is not taken, 1 million people could die from TB by 2025: UN
- July 19, 2023
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Nearly a million people could die by 2035 if measures are not taken to prevent tuberculosis, most of which may be children, found a new study UN. On
Nearly a million people could die by 2035 if measures are not taken to prevent tuberculosis, most of which may be children, found a new study UN.
On the contrary, the implementation of a strategy to identify possible contacts with disease in homes and preventive treatment against it is beneficial, the investigation concluded.
This strategy could save 850,000 lives by 2035, according to a text prepared by unitade, health innovation initiative United Nationstogether with Johns Hopkins University in the USA And Aurum Institute.
Tuberculosis remains the world’s deadliest infectious disease, despite being preventable and curable.
It is caused by a type of bacteria that spreads through the air when an infected person coughs, sneezes, or spits, and usually affects lungs. In 2021 alone, 1.6 million people died from this disease.
In accordance with World Health Organization (WHO), About a quarter of the world’s population is infected with the disease and is at risk of developing an active disease that causes severe illness.
Since 2017, treatment prices have dropped by more than 70%, making the disease more preventable and treatable, according to the UN.
In addition, according to Unitaid, they have become shorter, which means that those infected can be treated before they become active.
The study also showed that by providing 3 hp A 12-week course of treatment can result in a reduction in the number of contacts who develop TB by about 13%.
Unitaid called for more action and more financial support to “reap the enormous rewards of preventing disease and death from TB urgently.”
In September this year in high level meeting United Nations Tuberculosis Organization, where world leaders will meet to discuss the issue.
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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