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Global Tuberculosis Report -- 2012.pdf

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AbbreviationsAFBAFRAIDSAMRARIARTBCGBRICSCDRCPTCBCDOTDOTSDR-TBDRSDSTECDCEMREQAERREUEURFINDGDPGLIacid-fast bacilliWHO African Regionacquired immunodeficiency syndromeWHO Region of the Americasannual risk of infectionantiretroviral therapyBacille-Calmette-GuérinBrazil, Russian Federation, India,China, South Africacase detection rateco-trimoxazole preventive therapycommunity-based TB caredirectly observed treatmentthe basic package that underpins theStop TB Strategydrug-resistant tuberculosisdrug resistance surveillance or surveydrug susceptibility testingEuropean Centre for Disease Preventionand ControlWHO Eastern Mediterranean RegionExternal quality assuranceElectronic recording and reportingEuropean UnionWHO European RegionFoundation for Innovative NewDiagnosticsgross domestic product<strong>Global</strong> Laboratory Initiative<strong>Global</strong> Fund The <strong>Global</strong> Fund to fight AIDS,<strong>Tuberculosis</strong> and Malaria<strong>Global</strong> Plan <strong>Global</strong> Plan to Stop TB, 2011–2015GNI gross national incomeHBC high-burden country of which there are22 that account for approximately 80%of all new TB cases arising each yearHIV human immunodeficiency virusICD-10 International Classification of Diseases(tenth revision)IGRAIPTIRRLEDLPAMDGMDR-TBNGONTPPEPFARPOCPPMSEARSRLTBTB-TEAMTSTUNAIDSUNITAIDUSAIDVRWHAWHOWPRXDR-TBZNinterferon-gamma release assayisoniazid preventive therapyincidence rate ratioLight-emitting diodeLine-probe assayMillennium Development Goalmultidrug-resistant tuberculosis(resistance to, at least, isoniazid andrifampicin)nongovernmental organizationnational tuberculosis control programmeor equivalentUS President’s Emergency Plan for AIDSReliefpoint-of-carePublic–Private MixWHO South-East Asia Regionsupranational reference laboratorytuberculosis<strong>Tuberculosis</strong> Technical AssistanceMechanismtuberculin skin testJoint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDSinternational facility for the purchase ofdiagnostics and drugs for diagnosis andtreatment of HIV/AIDS, malaria and TBUnited States Agency for InternationalDevelopmentVital registrationWorld Health AssemblyWorld Health OrganizationWHO Western Pacific RegionExtensively drug-resistant TB, definedas MDR-TB plus resistance to afluoroquinolone and at least one of threeinjectable second-line drugs (amikacin,kanamycin or capreomycin)Ziehl Neelseniv GLOBAL TUBERCULOSIS REPORT 2012

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