islamabad

March 26, 2019

Together we stand to defeat TB at national & international level

Islamabad : The mortality rate for tuberculosis has fallen by 42 per cent between the years 2000 and 2017 yet it is still the world’s leading killer among infectious diseases.In 2017, Tuberculosis killed 1.6 million people, including 300,000 people with HIV, making it one of the top 10 causes of death worldwide. TB is spread from person to person through coughing and sneezing. One person with active, untreated Tuberculosis can spread the disease to as many as 15 persons in a year that makes...