The World Health Organization has warned that health authorities worldwide need to move much faster to prevent, detect and treat a deadly epidemic of tuberculosis if they are to reduce TB infections and deaths by 2030. <br/><br/>In its annual report on tackling TB, a highly contagious lung disease which kills more people each year than HIV and malaria combined, the WHO said, progress had been dismal and called for bold political commitment and increased funding.<br/><br/>The report found that there were an estimated 10.4 million new TB cases worldwide in 2015, with six countries accounting for 60 per cent of those India, Indonesia, China, Nigeria, Pakistan and South Africa.