Epidemic TB in the Global Community

If not treated, a person with active TB can infect 10 to 15 people a year

Author Edgar Allan Poe died of TB

TB killed 1.8 million people in 2008

Over 2 billion people have latent TB

Someone dies of TB every 20 seconds

TB bacteria can live in your body without making you sick

10% of people with latent TB will get active TB in their lifetime

TB is not spread by shaking someone’s hand

TB is completely curable in most cases with medicines costing as little as $20

Without treatment, 90% of people with HIV die months after contracting TB

In 2009, 9.4 million people developed active TB disease