Global Tuberculosis Control 2010 - Florida Department of Health

elated interventions such as ART, much more remains
to be done. More than one-third of incident TB cases are
not reported as treated in DOTS programmes, around
90% of patients with MDR-TB are not being diagnosed
and treated according to international guidelines, many
HIV-positive TB cases do not know their HIV status and
most of the HIV-positive TB patients who do know their
HIV status are not yet being provided with ART. Funding
gaps remain large at more than US$ 1 billion per
year, despite increases in funding over the past decade
and substantial financing from the Global Fund in many
countries.
Looking forwards, the Stop TB Partnership launched
an updated version of the Global Plan to Stop TB in
October 2010, for the years 2011–2015. In the five
years that remain until the target year of 2015, intensified
efforts to plan, finance and implement the Stop TB
Strategy, according to the updated targets included in
the Global Plan, are needed. This could save a cumulative
total of 5 million lives, including 2 million women and
children.