WHO Data Shows TB Health Strategy Working
282 views · Published 10 December 2009 · 2:22 · Indexed 20 September 2026
Channel: Voice of America · 2009 · News & Politics
Tuberculosis is one of the world's biggest killers, second only to HIV/AIDS in terms of deaths it causes each year. But a new report from the World Health Organization finds that a rigorous approach to treatment has cured some 36 million people and averted 8 million TB deaths since 1995. VOA's Rosanne Skirble has the details: