Globally, an estimated 10 million people developed #tuberculosis in 2017 http://bit.ly/2PJNtza #EndTBpic.twitter.com/KH4ik0wE3B
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Fewer people fell ill and died from #tuberculosis last year but countries are still not doing enough to end TB by 2030. #TB remains the world’s deadliest infectious disease. WHO calls for urgent action to #EndTB!
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Lesotho
, eSwatini 
, Namibia 
, South Africa 
, Zambia 
and Zimbabwe 
are seeing a faster decline in number of #tuberculosis cases thanks to better TB and HIV prevention and care http://bit.ly/2PJNtza#EndTBpic.twitter.com/Ro51dPBaEi
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In the Russian Federation
, high level political commitment and intensified #tuberculosis efforts have led to more rapid declines in#TB cases and deaths http://bit.ly/2PJNtza#EndTBpic.twitter.com/GEBwdd5kwu
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Drug-resistant TB remains a global public health crisis: In 2017, 558,000 people were estimated to have developed disease resistant to at least rifampicin – the most effective first-line TB drug http://bit.ly/2PJNtza
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Underreporting & under-diagnosis of
#TB cases remains a major challenge. Of the 10m people who fell ill with TB in 2017, only 6.4m were officially recorded by national reporting systems, leaving an estimated 3.6m people undiagnosed, or detected but not reported#EndTBpic.twitter.com/8c6CDkWdf2
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WHO strongly recommends preventive treatment for people living with HIV, and children under 5 years living in households with
#tuberculosis http://bit.ly/2PJNtza#EndTBpic.twitter.com/r9elVNGU44
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Trying to TB Free India http://www.aihrconline.com pic.twitter.com/BPSdfAKrT2
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Time for a new phase in TB control with a focus beyond just treating cases detected to a disease control response with a focus on interruption of transmission with an integrated package of public health interventions delivered through well capacitated national TB programs
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