Malawi TB Case Fatality Decreases As Global Rate Swells

The 2021 World Health Organisation Global Tuberculosis Report has revealed that for the first time in over a decade TB deaths have increased globally because of reduced access to TB diagnosis and treatment in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The report says the most obvious impact is a large global drop in the number of people newly diagnosed with TB from 7.1 million in 2019 to 5.8 million in 2020.

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