As we commemorate the World TB Day, we recognize that Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading killer of people living by HIV but kills more women each year than any other infection.
The Global TB Report 2013 indicate that in 2012, there were 1.3 million death, including 320 000 among people who were HIV-positive. Of the overall TB deaths among HIV-positive people, 50% were among women. (410 000 women died from TB in 2012, 160 000 were women who were HIV-positive).
TB is particularly disastrous for women living with HIV who have poor access to health services, making them particularly vulnerable to poorer outcomes linked to undetected or late detected TB disease. They also face acute risks of TB/HIV co-infection and subsequent TB disease.
Download full World TB Day statement here: http://www.icwea.org/publications/?did=14
