The present status of disability problem due to tuberculosis is presented. Its characteristic features typical of tuberculosis are identified: a considerable contribution of social factors to permanent disability in tuberculosis patients, an epidemiologic factor and disability establishment in subjects who have been recovered of tuberculosis and develop severe dysfunctions in the presence of post-tuberculous changes. Ways for reducing tuberculosis-caused disability rates are outlined.

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