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