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TB/HIV: Some Facts from the STOP TB Initiative

Date

December 4 2000


Of the 36 million people living with HIV/AIDS (PWHA), more than 11 million are young people aged 15 to 24.


One-third of all PWHA worldwide are co-infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (the germ that causes TB).


More than 25 million PWHA live in Africa, at least 90% do not know that they are HIV-positive.


Over 13 million children have been orphaned due to HIV/AIDS.


Tuberculosis is a leading killer worldwide of PWHA.


Sub-Saharan Africa and South-East Asia are the regions most badly affected by the global TB/HIV co-epidemic: 68% of those co-infected live in sub-Saharan Africa; 22% live in South-East Asia.


Up to 70% of patients with sputum smear-positive pulmonary TB (the infectious form of TB affecting the lungs) are HIV-positive.


Up to 50% of PWHA develop TB.


Only 20-25% of all TB patients worldwide have access to effective diagnosis and treatment.


Source

Stop TB Initiative December 2000

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Placed on the Communication Initiative site June 06 2001
Last Updated June 06 2001

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