Sunday, March 23, 2014

Global Burden of Disease, TB, Malaria, HIV


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Tuberculosis
Two billion carriers, one out of three world population
8.6 million new cases per year with increasing emergence of resistance
1.3 million deaths per year


Malaria
Two hundred and seven million carriers
2.7illion new cases per year
627,000 deaths per year (much reduced recent years due to Gates and others)


HIV
Thirty five million three hundred thousand carriers
2.3 million new cases per year
1.6 million deaths per year (320,000 due to TB as terminal event)
WHO 2011
Nature, Outlook Vaccines 507, 6 Mar 2014, 7490, S1-21