Yes, WHO is there.
Good afternoon those intrigued by the TB treatment path. I was doing a quick little browse looking for TB updates, and BEHOLD...I found one. The article right here! The World Health Organization (WHO) (now you get it, huh?) talks about the progress medicine and TB treatment has made in "curing" TB. This is good news for all, especially those in high risk areas. You keep up the good work WHO.
In my neck of the woods, things are still going, as they do. No adverse affects from the INH. I like to think since I haven't had any thus far, I am in the clearing. I suppose anything could happen, though.
Anyways, take a gander at the article, and let's talk. That's what I say when someone is reading a book I already have.
Out.
Showing posts with label highly TB infected areas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label highly TB infected areas. Show all posts
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Friday, October 23, 2009
World Rates
I recently noticed I am getting traffic from people in all parts of the world. For today's post, I think it would be a great idea to focus on regions and countries that have a high TB prevalence. By knowing if you live in a highly TB infected area, you can check to see if you have been exposed, and medicate or prevent if needed.
Below is a table of world regions and the TB incident rates from the World Health Sciences website (http://www.worldhealthsciences.com/). The table breaks information into particular world regions and the number and percentage of people exposed to TB.
Some of the most infected countries are below.
India
China
Indonesia
South Africa
Brazil
Thailand
Philippines
Happy Friday to you all. Go forth, readers, in good health.
Editor's note: That's a really good point, Dad. As a general statement, though, I would say the numbers having to do with TB in Africa could be more due to the relatively higher HIV/AIDS cases than pretty much all the other countries. According to an article I found on the World Health Organization (WHO) website, by UNAIDS, (http://data.unaids.org/pub/EPISlides/2007/2007_epiupdate_en.pdf) the African Sub-Saharan region is the most seriously affected HIV/AIDS region. This report also shows of some of the top 30 HIV/AIDS infected countries in the world, 22 of those are African countries.
So, while there is high TB numbers in Africa possibly due to HIV/AIDS outbreak, I would say, in my opinion, the rest of the world's numbers come from a high exposure rate due to a prevalence of the TB virus.
Below is a table of world regions and the TB incident rates from the World Health Sciences website (http://www.worldhealthsciences.com/). The table breaks information into particular world regions and the number and percentage of people exposed to TB.
| World Region | Number (in thousands) | % of Global | Total TB Mortality Per 100,000 of Population | |
| South East Asia | ||||
| Africa | ||||
| Western Pacific | ||||
| Eastern Mediterranean | ||||
| Europe | ||||
| The Americas | ||||
| Global |
Some of the most infected countries are below.
India
China
Indonesia
South Africa
Brazil
Thailand
Philippines
Happy Friday to you all. Go forth, readers, in good health.
Editor's note: That's a really good point, Dad. As a general statement, though, I would say the numbers having to do with TB in Africa could be more due to the relatively higher HIV/AIDS cases than pretty much all the other countries. According to an article I found on the World Health Organization (WHO) website, by UNAIDS, (http://data.unaids.org/pub/EPISlides/2007/2007_epiupdate_en.pdf) the African Sub-Saharan region is the most seriously affected HIV/AIDS region. This report also shows of some of the top 30 HIV/AIDS infected countries in the world, 22 of those are African countries.
So, while there is high TB numbers in Africa possibly due to HIV/AIDS outbreak, I would say, in my opinion, the rest of the world's numbers come from a high exposure rate due to a prevalence of the TB virus.
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