Washington — The number of deaths from tuberculosis and the number of new cases of this infectious disease are both on the decline, according to data released by the World Health Organization (WHO) October 11.
The number of TB deaths is moving steadily downward from 1.8 million in 2003 to 1.4 million in 2010. The number of people who fell ill came down from 9 million in 2005 to 8.8 million in 2010, WHO reported.
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