Tuberculosis is one of the urgent problems of international health care. A third of the world's human population is infected with mycobacterium tuberculosis . 8-10 million people fall ill each year. population (about 60% in developing countries) and up to 3 million. people die from this infection (women make up 1 million). According to WHO experts. If the situation does not change, then over the next 30 years, at least 90 million people will get tuberculosis. 30 million people. They will die from this disease.. It is likely that about 50 million. People can be infected with drug-resistant mycobacteria. Tuberculosis - the main infection from which HIV-infected people die ..