Tuberculosis (Epidemiology)
TB Is Single Biggest Killer of Young Women Worldwide
Published in Women's Health Weekly, June 1st, 1998
Tuberculosis (TB) is now the single biggest infectious killer of women in the world, according to an international research meeting on TB and gender held in Sweden.over 900 million are infected with TB worldwide; 1 million will die and 2.5 million will get sick in 1998 from the disease; affected women are mainly between the ages of 15 and 44.
Data presented by the World Health Organization (WHO) on May 26, 1998, showed unprecedented levels of infection and deaths among women and girls:
This makes TB the single leading cause of deaths among women of reproductive age.
"Wives, mothers, and wage earners...
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