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Color Fact Sheet
(2 pp, PDF, 917 Kb)
(Side 2 contains data table for all countries with demographic, epidemiological, operational indicators; threats for TB control; & resources.)
PAHO TB Page
WHO TB Page
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The 1991 World Health Assembly ratified the targets for global tuberculosis control. Tuberculosis was recognized as an important health problem. In the Americas, it is estimated that 370,000 new cases occurred in 2002; and 53,000 deaths resulted from TB.
The internationally recommended approach to TB control is DOTS, a cost-effective strategy that could prevent millions of TB cases and deaths over the coming decade. The DOTS strategy for TB control consists of five key elements:
- government commitment to TB control;
- detection of TB cases through sputum smear microscopy among people with symptoms;
- regular and uninterrupted supply of high-quality anti-TB drugs;
- 6–8 months of strictly supervised treatment (including direct observation of drug-taking);
- reporting systems to monitor treatment progress and program performance.
| WHO Targets 2005 |
| - 70% Case Detection Rate |
Both for Infectious Cases & Sputum Smear+ |
| - 85% Success Rate |
- Millenium Development Goals (MDG) 2015
- Goal 6:
- Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases.
- Target 8:
- Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the incidence of malaria and other major diseases.
- Indicators
- 23. Prevalence and death rate associated with TB.
- 24. Proportion of TB cases detected and cured under DOTS.
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