The Cost of Tuberculosis

A GLOBAL TB CRISIS MINES ARE GROUND ZERO 8.6M 1.3M 9 OUT OF 10 ●●●●●●●00• gold miners are latently infected with TB NEW CASES DEATHS One miner with active TB Of the 2.3 million new TB cases in can spread the disease to 10-15 people per year Africa every year, >760,000 (33%) are connected to mining IEVERY YEAR THAT'S LIKE MINING IS CENTRAL TO SOUTH AFRICA'S ECONOMY AND MAKES UP 18% OF GDP INFECTING WIPING $320M Miners' lost wages MEXICO OUT $141M Treatment costs to government SCITY MILAN $253M Treatment costs to industry $568M Lost productivity & training costs EVERY YEAR ANNUAL COST OF TB ON MINING IN SOUTH AFRICA $1.2 BILLION MINING FOR NEW TB VACCINES GOVERNMENT must unlock resources for TB vaccine innovation WE CAN'T WAIT Over 10 years, the cost of developing a new TB vaccine will be just 1% of TB control and treatment costs HEALTH EXPERTS must A 60% EFFICACIOUS VACCINE help educate policymakers about the need for new TB DELIVERED TO 50% OF THE POPULATION IN THE SADC vaccines and TB R&D REGION COULD AVERT 3.7 MILLION NEW TB t 100 MINING INDUSTRY CASES OVER 20 YEARS should partner with RESEARCH ORGS to advance TB R&D to protect their workforce and economic viability LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW WE'RE MINING FOR NEW TB VACCINES AT AERAS.ORG/MINING AAERAS