World Health Organization releases 2014 Global Tuberculosis Report . 9 million people developed tuberculosis in 2013 , it says . This money shortage plays into what is probably the top reason many people with tuberculosis are not being treated : The majority of cases are found in Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific . TB is a bacterial infection that can be spread through the air . It kills about 1 - 2 % of those who contract it every year.
World Health Organization releases 2014 Global Tuberculosis Report . 9 million people developed tuberculosis in 2013 , it says . TB is a bacterial infection that can be spread through the air . It kills about 1 - 2 % of those who contract it every year.