WHO = World Health Organization reveals that the number of people who died of tuberculosis turned to increase for the first time since 2005 due to a series of delays in diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis as the medical system is tightened due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection. I made it.
More than 100,000 more than the year before last
On the 14th, WHO released the latest report summarizing the situation of tuberculosis patients in the world.
According to it, it is estimated that the number of people who died of tuberculosis in the world last year was about 1.5 million, an increase of more than 100,000 compared to the previous year.
The number of people dying from tuberculosis has been declining year by year, but it is the first time since 2005 that it has increased compared to the previous year.
As for the background, WHO has seen that the medical system is tight in many countries, delaying the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis, and cutting the budget required for countermeasures as the infection of the new coronavirus spreads. It is said.
WHO Secretary-General Tedros said that despite the fact that tuberculosis is a preventable and curable disease, many lives have been lost due to delays in countermeasures, and called for urgent countermeasures even as the infection with the new coronavirus continues. rice field.