Nearly one third of the world population — 1.86 billion people — were infected with TB in 1997, says a panel of 86 health experts from more than 40 nations. The panel, chosen by the World Health Organization, also estimated that 1.87 million people died from the disease that year, while 7.96 million new cases of infection were reported. The study, published in The Journal of the American Medical Association, said that “eighty percent of all incident TB cases were found in 22 countries, with more than half the cases occurring in 5 Southeast Asian countries. ” According to the study, “nine of 10 countries with the highest incidence rates per capita were in Africa. ” In some countries with high HIV infection rates, the case fatality rate exceeded 50 percent. High TB rates continue as a result of “poor control ” of the disease in those lands. The authors of the study forecast 8.4 million new cases of TB this year. Most of those infected never become sick with the disease.
ეს ბავშვები ჯანმრთელობასთან დაკავშირებული ისეთი პრობლემების განვითარების საშიშროების წინაშე იქნებიან, როგორიც არის ყურის ინფექციები და რესპირატორული დაავადებები.