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Decline in Tuberculosis cases worldwide

MANILA, Philippines — The 2011 Global Tuberculosis Control Report of the World Health Organization (WHO), with inputs from 198 countries, shows that worldwide, the number of people falling ill with tuberculosis (TB) every year is declining. The number of those who fell ill dropped to 8.8 million in 2010, after peaking at 9 million in 2005; deaths fell to 1.4 million in 2010, after reaching...