According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the annual impact of TB in the world includes: A total of 9 million new cases of TB each year More than 1 million cases among people living with HIV Half a million cases of multi-drug resistant TB (MDR-TB) Nearly 2 million deaths Without dramatic increases in funding and political commitment between 2010 and 2015, the human cost of inaction against TB is projected by the WHO as the following: Over 50 million people will develop active TB. Over 10 million lives will be lost to this preventable, curable disease; 4 million of them will be women and children. Millions of children will be orphaned needlessly. Over 2 million cases of MDR-TB will emerge for want of proper care