Dr Chan and Dr Dybul spoke to the media in Geneva in advance of World TB Day on 24 March, which commemorates the day in 1882 when Dr Robert Koch discovered the mycobacterium that causes tuberculosis.
While the Millennium Development Goal of turning around the TB epidemic has already been met, the 2% decline in the number of people falling ill with TB each year remains too slow.
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非洲和欧洲这两个区域无法如期实现从1990年到2015年将结核病死亡率减半的全球目标。
Two regions – Africa and Europe – are not on track to achieve the global target of halving the TB death rate between 1990 and 2015.
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2011年，140万人死于结核病，非洲人均死亡率最高。
In 2011, 1.4 million people died due to TB, with the greatest per capita death rate in Africa.
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耐多药结核病是一个主要威胁，据估计全世界有63万人患耐多药结核病。
Multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) presents a major threat, with an estimated 630 000 people ill worldwide with this form of TB today.
WHO worked with the Global Fund and the Stop TB Partnership to support selected high TB burden countries in reviewing their priorities for the next three years and estimating available funding and gaps.
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对118个符合全球基金支持标准的国家进行了估计。
Estimates have been made for 118 countries eligible for Global Fund support.
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在16亿美元捐助者供资缺口中，大约60%是在世卫组织非洲区域。
Of the US$ 1.6 billion gap in donor financing, almost 60% is for WHO’s Africa region.