TB eLearning description

Nearly one-third of the global population, i.e. over two billion people, is infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis and thus at risk of developing the disease. It causes ill-health among millions of people each year and ranks as the second leading cause of death from an infectious disease worldwide, after the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). Globally an estimated 8.6 million new TB cases occurred in 2012 and about 1.3 million people died of TB including 0.32 million HIV associated TB death. The 22 High TB burden countries contributed 82% global burden of TB. Of the 8.6 million incident cases, an estimated 0.53 million were children and 2.9 million occurred among women. This application is to give user a basic general idea and educate them regarding TB.