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Tuberculosis: Global Canada Saskatchewan. W. J. Fenton MD, FRCPC, FACP Clinical Professor of Medicine, U of S Tuberculosis Consultant. TB the Bigger Picture. National Geographic Family Reference Atlas. TB the Bigger Picture. 1/3 of world ’ s population infected !!
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Tuberculosis: Global Canada Saskatchewan W. J. Fenton MD, FRCPC, FACP Clinical Professor of Medicine, U of S Tuberculosis Consultant
TB the Bigger Picture National Geographic Family Reference Atlas
TB the Bigger Picture • 1/3 of world’s population infected !! (2.3 billion people) • 1.700,000 deaths (2009) • one person newly infected with TB every second !! • 1 in 10 (10%) of infected (HIV negative) become sick or infectious at some point in their life (source WHO Fact Sheet 2011)
TB the Bigger Picture • Of the 1.7 million death, 380,000 HIV+ • Majority of deaths in 3rd world – more than half in Asia • TB the leading killer in those with HIV • 9.4 million new cases in 2009 – 80% in 22 countries (source WHO Fact Sheet 2011)
TB the Bigger Picture • Among the 25 countries with the highest estimated TB rates, 13 are in Africa • 1/3 of all new cases are in India & China • MDR-TB is in virtually all countries • 440,000 new cases 2008 • 50% in China, India, Russia (source WHO Fact Sheet 2011)
TB the Bigger Picture The world is on track to achieve two TB targets set for 2015 • Millennium Development Goal (halt & reverse global incidence vs 1990) • Stop TB Partnership goal of halving deaths from TB (vs 1990) (source WHO Fact Sheet 2011)
TB the Bigger Picture 41 million TB patients have been successfullty treated on DOTS programs & up to 6 million lives saved since 1995 (source WHO Fact Sheet 2011)
TB the Canadian Picture • source – Tuberculosis in Canada 2007
TB Cases by Ethnic Group: Sask Vs Canada Sask Canada