Scope and Depth of the Problem
One of the top ten causes of death worldwide, tuberculosis kills almost two million people per year (World Health Organization, 2018). Viewed another way, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC, 2018) claims that one quarter of the world’s population is currently infected with tuberculosis. The number of cases in the United States has declined slowly, and is currently less than 10,000 (CDC, 2017a). All fifty states reported at least one case of tuberculosis in 2016 (CDC, 2017b). Worldwide, though, there are about 10 million new cases each year as of 2016, the majority of which occur in just seven countries: India, Indonesia, China, Philippines, Pakistan, Nigeria, and South Africa. Tuberculosis is preventable when diagnostic and treatment interventions are available. The infection can also remain latent and non-contagious. However, there are some tuberculosis strains that have been becoming drug-resistant, impeding the effort to eliminate the disease (CDC, 2017b). Moreover, the latent form of the disease can develop into an active, and contagious, infection (“Tuberculosis (TB) Fast Facts,” 2018). Although tuberculosis infection rates have been falling, they are falling relatively slowly, revealing both the scope and depth of the problem.
International and National Impact
Progress in meeting the goal of eliminating tuberculosis has been sluggish,...
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