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Tuberculosis
One person dies every 15 sec. from tuberculosis, despite the availability of effective and affordable treatment.

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Tuberculosis is responsible for more than 2,000,000 deaths a year worldwide.
More than 8 million people develop active tuberculosis every year. Left untreated, a single person can infect 10-15 other people just by coughing, sneezing or talking.
Nearly 900 million women are currently infected - nearly triple the population of the United States.
More women die of tuberculosis than of complications from childbirth.
Tuberculosis is estimated to deplete the incomes of the world's poorest communities by a total of US $12 billion.
With an estimated 3 million new cases of tuberculosis each year, Southeast Asia is the world's hardest hit region.
The shame of tuberculosis story today is that an effective and affordable treatment is available that, with adequate funding, can halt the spread of the disease.