Disease Database Drug Database Alt. Tuberculosis kills two million people every year and is the world's leading curable infectious killer, the World Health Organization said.
Outbreaks of infection acquired during air travel are a growing hazard.
It forecast 10.2 million new cases a year by 2005 if nothing is done to stop the disease. The campaign is being launched formally Wednesday in Washington, D.C., in advance of World TB Day on Saturday, the agency said. Click Here to make suggestions, comments about C-Health.