United Nations Iran - During the past 50 years, Iran has proven itself to be an immense success story in terms of TB suppression, said UN Resident Coordinator, Mr. Gary Lewis, yesterday. He delivered these remarks at the conclusion of a four-day event organized in Tehran by Irans Centre of Disease Control (CDC) at Shahid Beheshti University. Flashback ...

Every year around the globe more than 2 billion people are infected with Tuberculosis or TB as it is commonly called. Although Iran has witnessed great progress in its fight against TB, but there is still work to be done. While in the year 1964, the TB notification rate was 143 per 100,000. In 2012 the latest year for which data is currently available ...

Geneva, July 3, IRNA -- The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday, together with the European Respiratory Society (ERS), presented a new framework to eliminate tuberculosis (TB) in countries with low levels of the disease. Today there are 33* countries and territories where there are fewer than 100 TB cases per million population. IRNA reporter ...