The Global Burden of Tuberculosis — Combating Drug Resistance in Difficult Times

Abstract

According to the 13th annual tuberculosis report of the World Health Organization (WHO) — published on World TB Day, March 24, 2009 — there were an estimated 9.27 million new cases of tuberculosis worldwide in 2007 (see interactive graphic).1 Although this figure represents an increase from 9.24 million in 2006, the world population has also grown, making the number of cases per capita a more useful measure of the problem; this figure peaked in 2004 at 142 per 100,000 and fell to 139 per 100,000 in 2007. An estimated 1.32 million people who were not infected with the human immunodeficiency . . .