According to the World Health Organisation, the disease which causes the death of the largest number of people today is

1. The question asks about the disease causing the largest number of deaths globally according to the World Health Organisation (WHO) around 1996. 2. While AIDS was a major global health crisis, and Malaria caused significant mortality, particularly in tropical regions, Tuberculosis (TB) was (and often still is) one of the leading infectious causes of death worldwide. 3. In the mid-1990s, WHO recognized TB as a global emergency due to its high mortality rate, affecting millions globally. 4. Ebola causes high mortality rates in outbreaks but affects far fewer people globally compared to TB, AIDS, or Malaria. 5. Therefore, Tuberculosis was likely the disease causing the largest number of deaths among the options listed, according to WHO data at the time.