Muchiitiko chevanhu vanopfuura zviuru zana, huwandu hwezviitiko zveTB hwakadzikira zvakanyanya kubvira muna 1980 kusvika muna 2002. Zvisinei, huwandu hwezviitiko zveTB hunokonzeresa chirwere cheTB, uye 90-95% yezviitiko zvehutachiona zvinoramba zvisina zviratidzo. Muna 2012, vanhu vanosvika mamirioni 8.6 vane chirwere chisingaperi vaive vachishanda. Muna 2010, mamirioni 8.8 matsva eTB akaonekwa, uye mamirioni 1.201.45 akafa, mazhinji eaya akaitika munyika dzichiri kusimukira. Pavanhu ava mamirioni 1.45 vakafa, vangangoita mamirioni 0.35 vakabatwa neHIV. Tuberculosis ndiyo yechipiri-yakajairika inokonzera rufu kubva kune chirwere chinotapukira (mushure mevaya vanokonzerwa neHIV / AIDS). Huwandu hwezviitiko zveTB hwange huri kuderera zvachose kubvira muna 2005, nepo zviitiko zvitsva zvave kuderera zvakanyanya kubva pamwedzi zana nemakumi mashanu. Zvisinei, hutachiona hweTB hunowanikwa munyika dzakawanda dzepasi rose hwakadzikira zvakanyanya kubva pamakumi matatu nemakumi mapfumbamwe nemasere
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