More TB deaths in HIV-infected people

The total number of new tuberculosis cases remained stable in 2007, and the percentage of the world's population becoming ill with TB has  continued the slow decline first observed in 2004, according to a new  report from the World Health Organization. However, the 2009 Global TB  Control Report also reveals that one in four TB deaths is HIV-related,  twice as many as previously recognized. In 2007, there were an  estimated 1.37 million new cases of TB among HIV-infected people and  456,000 deaths. This figure reflects an improvement in the quality of  the country data, which are now more representative and available from  more nations than in previous years.