Facts at a glance

• HIV kills more than 6000 people every day worldwide.
   
• Around 5000 people die from TB every day although TB is curable.
   
• After HIV, TB is the greatest infectious killer of young people and adults in the world today.
   
• TB is among the leading killers of people living with HIV (PLHIV).
   
• 12% of HIV deaths globally are due to TB and up to half in some settings.
   
• 13 million people living with HIV are at risk of developing TB.
   
• Up to 50% of TB patients in African countries are also HIV positive.
   
• In some regions of Africa, up to 80% of adult TB patients are HIV-infected.
   
• There were 630, 000 new TB/HIV cases in 2005.
   
• TB is treatable and curable, even in people living with HIV.
   
• Treatment of TB can prolong and improve the quality of life for HIV-positive people.
   
• If TB is left unchecked in the next 20 years, almost one billion people will become newly infected, 200 million will develop the disease, and 35 million will die of it.
   
• More people are dying of TB today than ever before.
   
• Late diagnosis of TB and untreated HIV in some countries result in one third of HIV-positive patients dying within weeks of being treated for TB.