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Healthcare: Incidence of tuberculosis in Romania is 6.5 times higher than in the EU
Romania is the country in the EU with most new cases of tuberculosis, the incidence being 6.5 higher than in the EU, informed specialists in the Pneumo-phtysiology Hospital in Sibiu,who organised a press conference on Thursday, on the occasion of the Day for the fight against this disease.
The counties with the highest incidence of the disease are:Tulcea, Olt, Dolj, Bacau, Vaslui and Teleorman, and the lowest incidence appears in Harghita, Brasov, Covasna, Alba, Cluj and Sibiu, according to the quoted source.
In exchange, in the Sibiu county there is a high number of cases of Tuberculosis –MDR (multidrug resistant to two of the most important drugs for TBC treatment) and Tuberculosis –XDR (tuberculosis extensive resistant to all forms of treatment) during the year of 2017 being 12 such cases.
The World Day for fight against tuberculosis is celebrated annualy on 24 March, to draw the attention of the public with regards to the global epidemics of tuberculosis (TBC) and the efforts to eliminate this disease.
The date was chosen as it shows the moment when in 1882 doctor Robert Koch informed officially the international scientific community that he discovered the TBC bacillus, fact which contributed to the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis. At the moment of Koch’s announcement, TBC was spread around Europe and America, leading to the death of one out of 7 people.