About 13 million people worldwide are infected with both HIV and tuberculosis (TB), in a deadly co-epidemic that deserves to be seen as a global health crisis in its own right, according to a report from the International Aids Society. The mortality rate among people with both diseases is five times higher than those who have TB alone, and co-infections may also be feeding the rise of drug-resistant strains of TB bacteria. Most health systems in sub-Saharan Africa, the worst-affected region, are incapable of diagnosing, treating or containing the co-epidemic, and research is needed urgently to develop new tests and therapies, the report says.
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