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On the occasion of World Tuberculosis Day (held on March 24, 2022), we take stock of this contagious infectious disease caused by bacteria. Tuberculosis remains the deadliest infectious disease for people living with HIV. Every day, more than 4,000 people succumb to it and almost 30,000 others contract this disease.
According to WHO estimates, global tuberculosis control has saved 58 million lives since 2000. A total of 1.5 million people died of tuberculosis in 2020. More than 95% of TB deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries. How to better fight against tuberculosis? What are the advances in treatment and screening?
- Dr Etienne Leroy-Terquempulmonologist and medical oncologist at theMantes-la-Jolie HospitalVice President of theNGO international lung support. Has carried out numerous missions focusing on respiratory diseases (and in particular tuberculosis) in Asia and Africa
- Mr. Gisle Badoum, deputy head of the Pneumology department of the University Hospital Yalgado Ouedraogo in Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso, head of the Highly Contagious Diseases Unit in the Pneumology department. Technical Advisor for the Union.