Title: Tuberculosis Now Rivals AIDS As Leading Cause of Death, Says WHO
By Julie Steenhuysen
Summary:
Tuberculosis has rivaled HIV/AIDS which is the leading cause of death from infectious diseases according to the World Health Organizations. 1.1 million died of TB in 2014 and 1.2 million people died of HIV/AIDS globally and 400,000 was infected with both. TB can be successfully treated but the death rate is still high. 480,000 cases of multi-drug resistant TB in 2014 and only 1 out of 4 was diagnosed. More money is donated to HIV than TB it has a 1.4 billion gap in the amount of funding.
Reflection:
I find this article very interesting because I was diagnosed with TB when I was younger. This article shoes us the differences of these two diseases that affects the death rate. This article gives us ideas how we can cure or stop spreading these diseases to stop the population from any bigger. To do this we have to allow population to decrease in poorer countries like Africa and India where these diseases are common. We need to sustain our population and give education to sustain these diseases.
Tuberculosis has rivaled HIV/AIDS which is the leading cause of death from infectious diseases according to the World Health Organizations. 1.1 million died of TB in 2014 and 1.2 million people died of HIV/AIDS globally and 400,000 was infected with both. TB can be successfully treated but the death rate is still high. 480,000 cases of multi-drug resistant TB in 2014 and only 1 out of 4 was diagnosed. More money is donated to HIV than TB it has a 1.4 billion gap in the amount of funding.
Reflection:
I find this article very interesting because I was diagnosed with TB when I was younger. This article shoes us the differences of these two diseases that affects the death rate. This article gives us ideas how we can cure or stop spreading these diseases to stop the population from any bigger. To do this we have to allow population to decrease in poorer countries like Africa and India where these diseases are common. We need to sustain our population and give education to sustain these diseases.