TB cure for all , and the global campaign focuses on highlighting the importance of access to treatment for all.
Tuberculosis is a disease that infects millions worldwide each year.
There were an estimated 8.4 million new cases in 1999, an increase from 8million in 1998. Around 20,000 people around the world develop active TB each day and 5,000 of those will die as a result of their infection. Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre said The rise that has been observed over the last ten years, and particularly the last year, is a cause for concern as TB is a disease that had declined tenfold over the past 40 years. The vaccination programme was introduced in September 1999 and the current coverage data is the first complete data after the end of the campaign. The data covering October to December 2000, includes the first one year old cohort to be routinely offered the vaccine at two, three and four months.