India, China, Russian Federation and South Africa have almost 60% of the world's cases of multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis reveals this 17th WHO report on tuberculosis that provides a comprehensive assessment of the TB epidemic & its prevention with data from 204 countries.
This is the seventeenth global report on tuberculosis (TB) published by WHO in a series that started in 1997. It provides a comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of the TB epidemic and progress in implementing and financing TB prevention, care and control at global, regional and country levels using data reported by 204 countries and territories that account for over 99% of the world’s TB cases.
See Also
Report: Tuberculosis control in the South-East Asia region 2012. [2]
Feature: New vision for revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme. [3]
Report: Global tuberculosis control. [4]
Document: The global plan to stop TB. [5]
Feature: Making TB a notifiable disease will benefit patients. [6]
Report: Totally drug resistant TB. [7]
Guidelines: Surveillance of drug resistance in TB. [8]
Report: Guidelines for management of drug-resistant TB. [9]
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/global-tuberculosis-report-2012
[2] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/tuberculosis-control-south-east-asia-region-2012
[3] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/new-vision-revised-national-tuberculosis-control-programme-rntcp-universal-access-
[4] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/global-tuberculosis-control-2011
[5] http://www.stoptb.org/global/plan/
[6] http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/making-tb-notifiable-disease-will-benefit-patients
[7] http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/totally-drug-resistant-tb-government-denial-mode
[8] http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2009/9789241598675_eng.pdf
[9] http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2011/9789241501583_eng.pdf
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/world-health-organization
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tuberculosis
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/diseases
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/epidemics
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-effects
[15] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[16] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/global
[17] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/drugs
[18] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/research
[19] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/development
