About 130 000 people die of tuberculosis every year in China The prevention and control faces the challenge

About 130,000 people die of tuberculosis every year in China The prevention and control faces the challenge
The intersection of reporter and ZhenYan Jin learn from Ministry of Public Health, in March 24 15th " the day such as tuberculosis such as world " Eve, " World Tuberculosis Prevention and Cure Day " when Yin Li, Vice Minister of Ministry of Public Health, is held in Nanning today Point out, the tuberculosis prevention and control of our country still faces the new challenge at present on the propaganda activity, the tuberculosis epidemic situation of our country is still very serious on one hand, the pulmonary tuberculosis patient of the systematic report of straight newspaper of national infectious disease network will reach more than 1 million in 2009 alone; On the other hand, are able to bear tuberculosis of many medicines, floating population and tuberculosis fungus / HIV and infect and already doubly become three major challenges of present tuberculosis prevention and control. It is reported, tuberculosis is that the whole world is caused the most disease of the death by the single unanimous germ, it is one of the great public health questions paid close attention to in the whole world. At present, India, China, Indonesia, Nigeria and South Africa have illness coming on newly the tuberculosis patient counts Wei and occupies the top five of the whole world. According to the national tuberculosis epidemiology investigation result of 2000, there are about 4,500,000 active tuberculosis patients now in China, sending about 1,300,000 cases of active tuberculosis newly every year, nearly 130,000 people die of tuberculosis every year.

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