Global Tuberculosis Report -- 2012.pdf

TABLE 1.2 Reporting of data in the 2012 round of global TB data collection
COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES
MEMBER STATES
WHO REGION OR SET OF COUNTRIES
NUMBER NUMBER THAT REPORTED DATA NUMBER NUMBER THAT REPORTED DATA
African Region 46 46 46 46
Eastern Mediterranean Region 23 23 22 22
European Region a 54 42 53 41
Region of the Americas 46 46 35 35
South-East Asia Region 11 11 11 11
Western Pacifi c Region 36 36 27 27
High-burden countries (HBCs) b 22 22 22 22
WORLD 216 204 194 182
a
Countries that did not report by the deadlines were mostly low-incidence countries in Western Europe.
b
The HBCs are Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Brazil, Cambodia, China, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nigeria,
Pakistan, the Philippines, the Russian Federation, South Africa, Thailand, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Viet Nam and Zimbabwe.
Chapter 6, on TB diagnostics and laboratory strengthening,
summarizes recent policy development and analyses
laboratory capacity in 2011. The development of
laboratory capacity through the EXPAND-TB project and
the latest data on progress in rolling out Xpert MTB/RIF
since endorsement of this rapid molecular test in 2010 are
given particular attention.
Chapter 7 contains the most recent data on progress
in implementing collaborative TB/HIV activities to jointly
address the epidemics of TB and HIV. The lives saved by
these interventions since WHO policy was issued in 2004
and the need to further increase the coverage of antiretroviral
therapy for TB patients living with HIV are highlighted.
Chapter 8 discusses research and development for new
TB diagnostics, drugs and vaccines. After years of stagnation,
considerable progress has occurred in the last
decade and the development pipelines as of mid-2012 are
described and discussed.
The report also has four annexes. Annex 1 explains
the methods used to produce estimates of the burden of
disease caused by TB. Annex 2 contains country profiles
for the 22 high-burden countries (HBCs) that collectively
account for about 80% of the world’s TB cases (profiles
for all countries are available online 1 ). Annex 3 contains
regional profiles. Annex 4 consists of summary tables that
provide data on key indicators for the world, WHO’s six
regions and individual countries.
1
www.who.int/tb/data
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