Tuberculosis (TB) - World Health Organization (WHO)
Tuberculosis is caused by bacteria that most often affect the lungs. TB is curable and preventable and is spread from person to person through the air.
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Tuberculosis is caused by bacteria that most often affect the lungs. TB is curable and preventable and is spread from person to person through the air.
每年3月24日是世界防治结核病日,旨在强调终结结核病这一全球最致命传染病的紧迫性。结核病继续对全球数百万人造成严重健康、社会和经济影响。今年的主题“是的!我们能够终结结核病:承诺、投资、行动”,是对注入希望、加快步伐、强化责任的大胆呼吁。
Tuberculosis (TB) is caused by bacteria (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) that most often affect the lungs. About one-quarter of the world's population has been infected with TB, most of whom are not ill and cannot transmit TB.
Global Tuberculosis Report 2024The WHO Global tuberculosis report 2024 provides a comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of the TB epidemic and of progress in prevention, diagnosis and treatment of the disease, at gl...
The three consecutive years of increasing global TB incidence from 2021–2023 mean that in 2023, the TB incidence rate returned to the level of 2018 (Fig. 1.1.1, panel b). Globally, the net reduction in the TB incidenc...
1.2 TB mortalityThe black shaded area represents the 95% uncertainty interval of the actual number of deaths estimated to have been caused by TB; the red line shows a counterfactual of the estimated number of deaths t...
About one quarter of the world’s population is infected with tuberculosis (TB) bacteria. Only a small proportion of those infected will become sick with TB. People with weakened immune systems have a much greater risk...
The World Health Organization (WHO) today released its Consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis (TB)- Module 4: treatment and care, consolidating all previous guidelines into a single comprehensive document and introdu...
Each year, the WHO Global TB Report provides a comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of the TB epidemic, and of progress in prevention, diagnosis and treatment of the disease, at global, regional and country levels....
Mettre un terme à l’épidémie de tuberculose d’ici à 2030 figure parmi les cibles sanitaires des objectifs de développement durable des Nations Unies.