UNB, Dhaka :
Bangladesh has seen a substantial decline in tuberculosis (TB) and malaria death rates in the South Asia during 2000 to 2013, reducing their toll quicker than the global trend while HIV/AIDS mortality rates increased nearly 2 percent a year, says a new study.
The study, ‘Global, regional, and national incidence and mortality for HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria during 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013’, was conducted by an international consortium of researchers led by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington.
The findings of the study were published in The Lancet, the world’s leading general medical journal and specialty journals in Oncology, Neurology and Infectious Diseases, on Tuesday.
“Bangladesh has worked hard to improve the diagnosis and treatment of TB. We’ve also invested in malaria control efforts, and The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria provided important support for our national malaria program since 2007. Now we need to prioritise our growing challenge with HIV/AIDS,” said Dr Aliya Naheed, who is a co-author of the study and serves as an associate scientist at the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Diseases Research in Dhaka.
Today, fewer people are dying from TB and malaria in Bangladesh, according to
a new, first-of-its kind analysis of trend data from 188 countries.
The pace of decline in deaths and infections has accelerated since 2000, when the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were established to stop the spread of these diseases by 2015. At the same time, more Bangladeshis are being infected with and dying from HIV/AIDS than in the past.
Globally, HIV/AIDS, TB, and malaria kill fewer people than they have in the past, and declines in new cases and deaths from these diseases have accelerated since 2000.
Worldwide, deaths from HIV/AIDS declined at a rate of 1.5 percent between 2000 and 2013, while tuberculosis declined at a rate of 3.7 percent over the same period.
In contrast to global trends, deaths from HIV/AIDS in Bangladesh increased by a rate of 1.9 percent between 2000 and 2013. Deaths from tuberculosis and malaria have fallen at a faster rate than the global average at 6.7 percent (compared to 3.7 percent globally) and 11.1 percent (compared to 3.1 percent globally), respectively, between 2000 and 2013, according to the study.
Bangladesh has seen a substantial decline in tuberculosis (TB) and malaria death rates in the South Asia during 2000 to 2013, reducing their toll quicker than the global trend while HIV/AIDS mortality rates increased nearly 2 percent a year, says a new study.
The study, ‘Global, regional, and national incidence and mortality for HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria during 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013’, was conducted by an international consortium of researchers led by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington.
The findings of the study were published in The Lancet, the world’s leading general medical journal and specialty journals in Oncology, Neurology and Infectious Diseases, on Tuesday.
“Bangladesh has worked hard to improve the diagnosis and treatment of TB. We’ve also invested in malaria control efforts, and The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria provided important support for our national malaria program since 2007. Now we need to prioritise our growing challenge with HIV/AIDS,” said Dr Aliya Naheed, who is a co-author of the study and serves as an associate scientist at the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Diseases Research in Dhaka.
Today, fewer people are dying from TB and malaria in Bangladesh, according to
a new, first-of-its kind analysis of trend data from 188 countries.
The pace of decline in deaths and infections has accelerated since 2000, when the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were established to stop the spread of these diseases by 2015. At the same time, more Bangladeshis are being infected with and dying from HIV/AIDS than in the past.
Globally, HIV/AIDS, TB, and malaria kill fewer people than they have in the past, and declines in new cases and deaths from these diseases have accelerated since 2000.
Worldwide, deaths from HIV/AIDS declined at a rate of 1.5 percent between 2000 and 2013, while tuberculosis declined at a rate of 3.7 percent over the same period.
In contrast to global trends, deaths from HIV/AIDS in Bangladesh increased by a rate of 1.9 percent between 2000 and 2013. Deaths from tuberculosis and malaria have fallen at a faster rate than the global average at 6.7 percent (compared to 3.7 percent globally) and 11.1 percent (compared to 3.1 percent globally), respectively, between 2000 and 2013, according to the study.
