"Worryingly, around 75 percent of people with TB are those who are still productive age, between 15 and 54 years," said Parliamentary Secretary for International Affairs Development Assistance, Bob McMullan, when opening a photo exhibition about the people with TB in the Australian Parliament House in Canberra, Thursday.
According to McMullan, Australia committed to join fight against a disease that brings social and economic impact of large globally by assisting neighboring countries in the Asia Pacific region.
In a press statement issued by the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID), the McMullan said Australia had been distributing aid to fight TB through the initiative "Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria" (GFFATM).
Since its establishment six years ago, GFFATM has provided anti-retrovisal care for 1.4 million people with HIV and 3.3 million people with tuberculosis, he said. Among the countries that have relatively high rates of TB infection in the world is Papua New Guinea, East Timor, Cambodia and Kiribati.
TB-themed photo exhibition at Parliament House in Canberra was also associated with the commemoration of the World TB Day which falls on 24 March. Tuberculosis is a treatable disease. The disease is caused by a bacterium (germ) Mycobacterium that damage the lungs or other body parts. Disease that can cause severe illness for the sufferer.
Relatively rapid spread of this disease, because the TB germs can be transmitted through the air when an infected person coughs, sneezes or speaks. Most people infected with TB germs from people who often are in their vicinity, such as family members, friends or colleagues.
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