2006...Controlling TB in India is a tremendous challenge. The TB...

2006...
Controlling TB in India is a tremendous challenge. The TB burden in India is still staggering. Every year, 1.8 million persons develop the disease, of which about 800,000 are infectious; and, until recently, 370,000 died of it annually —1,000 every day. The disease is a major barrier to social and economic development. An estimated 100 million workdays are lost due to illness. Society and the country also incur a huge cost due to TB—nearly US$ 3 billion in indirect costs and US$ 300 million in direct costs.
TB is the most common opportunistic infection in people living with HIV virus. As the HIV breaks down the immune system, HIV- infected people are at greatly increased risk of TB. Without HIV, the lifetime risk of developing TB in TB-infected people is 10%, compared to at least 50% in HIV co-infected. HIV is also the most powerful risk factor for progression from TB infection to TB disease. TB in turn accelerates the progression of HIV to AIDS and shortens the survival of patients with HIV infection. Thus, TB and HIV are closely interlinked. In India there are an estimated over 5 million HIV-infected persons.

With such large numbers of HIV-positive individuals in India, it is likely that HIV may worsen the TB epidemic in the absence of a robust TB control programme. However, even among HIV-infected people, TB can be cured.

All Information sourced from:
http://www.tbcindia.org/RNTCP.asp
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