Pan Ki-moon appeals for keeping preventing and curing the positive momentum of tuberculosis at present

Pan Ki-moon appeals for keeping preventing and curing the positive momentum of tuberculosis at present
Pan Ki-moon appeals for keeping preventing and curing the positive momentum of tuberculosis at present
Www.xinhuanet.com the United Nations 3 Cable of the 24th of moon (reporter clean Wang XiangJiang in vain) Secretary-General of the United Nations Pan Ki-moon delivers a speech on World Tuberculosis Prevention and Cure Day in 24 days, call upon the international community to keep preventing and curing the positive momentum of tuberculosis at present, in case this infective disease spreads once again. Pan Ki-moon says, the international community has made prominent progress in preventing and curing the tuberculosis in the past 15 years, the mortality of tuberculosis drops continuously. Since 1995, whole world treat and cure 3600 the intersection of tuberculosis and patient Wan together, save nearly 600 the intersection of tuberculosis and life of patient Wan. But Pan Ki-moon shows, the death toll that tuberculosis causes still" makes the shocked" at the same time . Statistical data of the United Nations reveal last year, the whole world have nearly 200 people Wan in all die of pulmonary tuberculosis, make it cause more than infectious diseases of death toll second as the whole world. But the carelessness in disease control results in being able to bear the rising of many medicine tuberculosis cases, and strengthened the cost treated and difficulty. A report that World Health Organization released last week claims, were able to bear tuberculosis of medicine and already become and prevent and cure the serious challenge that the tuberculosis work faces at present. 2008, whole world increase 44 example Wan able to bear many the intersection of medicine and the intersection of tuberculosis and case, among them 1/3 the intersection of patient and death newly. According to the report, it is largest in number of the infected that Asia is able to bear tuberculosis of many medicines, among them the cases of China and India account for over half of the whole world. It is estimated Africa is until 2008 increase newly, able to bear many the intersection of medicine and tuberculosis by nearly 7 example Wan, among them the majority is not diagnosed. At present, WHO is offering help to more than 30 countries, in order to strengthen the ability that detection is able to bear tuberculosis of medicine fast of these countries.


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