Tuberculosis (TB) treatment has saved the lives of more than 22-million people, according to the WHO "Global tuberculosis report 2013". The report shows that the number of people ill with TB fell in 2012 to 8.6-million, with global TB deaths also decreasing to 1.3-million. However, these gains are at risk due to 3-million missed patients and drug resistance.

This is the eighteenth global report on tuberculosis (TB) 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 197 countries and territories that account for over 99% of the world’s TB cases.

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