GENEVA: Tuberculosis (TB) claimed 1.3 million lives last year with drug-resistant forms of the infectious disease—the deadliest after acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)—a huge global concern, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Wednesday.

Worldwide efforts to rein in the killer airborne disease helped drive the toll down 100,000 from the previous year, the WHO said in its annual report on the fight against TB.

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