A million new cases of TB in China every year
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March 22, 2013, Friday
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UP to 50,000 people a year die of tuberculosis in China, with about 1 million new cases reported annually, a health official said yesterday.
That indicates that one person dies of the disease every 10 minutes, Wang Yu, director of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said.
Currently, 5 million Chinese people suffer from active tuberculosis or TB, making the country second after India in the list of 22 countries most heavily plagued by the disease.
About 120,000 new cases of multi-drug resistant TB are estimated to occur each year, making China first in the world and posing challenges to public health.
The mortality rate of tuberculosis saw an 80 percent drop from 1990 to 2010 in China due to free diagnosis and treatment provided by the country's health departments, Wang said.
The prevalence rate was also halved during the same period, he said.
However, insufficient medical staff and funds meant the needs of tuberculosis treatment in the country's rural areas could not be met, Wang said.
He said health departments at all levels should mobilize social resources to accelerate the building of the country's tuberculosis prevention system.
Even though tuberculosis is preventable and treatable, the disease kills 1.4 million people worldwide every year, Wang said.
The 18th World Tuberculosis Day is on Sunday.
That indicates that one person dies of the disease every 10 minutes, Wang Yu, director of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said.
Currently, 5 million Chinese people suffer from active tuberculosis or TB, making the country second after India in the list of 22 countries most heavily plagued by the disease.
About 120,000 new cases of multi-drug resistant TB are estimated to occur each year, making China first in the world and posing challenges to public health.
The mortality rate of tuberculosis saw an 80 percent drop from 1990 to 2010 in China due to free diagnosis and treatment provided by the country's health departments, Wang said.
The prevalence rate was also halved during the same period, he said.
However, insufficient medical staff and funds meant the needs of tuberculosis treatment in the country's rural areas could not be met, Wang said.
He said health departments at all levels should mobilize social resources to accelerate the building of the country's tuberculosis prevention system.
Even though tuberculosis is preventable and treatable, the disease kills 1.4 million people worldwide every year, Wang said.
The 18th World Tuberculosis Day is on Sunday.
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