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Africa: MSF Implores Govts to Use Recent TB Wins to Beat Back Deadly Infectious Disease
MSF, 8 November 2023
Recent price reductions to WHO-recommended TB tests and treatment should enable more countries to make these vital medical tools available Read more »
Tuberculosis Response Recovering From Covid-19 Pandemic - Report
Tuberculosis (TB) response is bouncing back from disruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. Still, more effort is needed to end the disease, this is according to the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Tuberculosis Report.
Featuring data from 192 countries and areas, the report reveals that 7.5 million people were diagnosed with TB in 2022 - the highest figure ever since the United Nations agency began global monitoring in 1995. Globally, an estimated 10.6 million people fell ill with TB in 2022, up from 10.3 million in 2021. Most people who developed TB were in the WHO Regions of South-East Asia (46%), Africa (23%), and the Western Pacific (18%), with smaller proportions in the Eastern Mediterranean (8.1%), the Americas (3.1%) and Europe (2.2%).
TB is an infectious disease that mainly affects the lungs. A type of bacteria causes it and spreads through the air when infected people cough, sneeze, or spit. TB is both preventable and curable.
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8 November 2023
The EndTB Trial Results Will Be Presented at the Union World Conference, 15-18 Nov 2023, in France.
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More than six years ago, the endTB trial started to transform MDR-TB treatments, which were long, ineffective and had terrible side effects. The study ... see more »
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6 November 2023
Global Tuberculosis Report Factsheet 2023
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This factsheet summarises key messages from the Global Tuberculosis Report 2023. see more »
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Africa: TB Response Recovering From Pandemic but Accelerated Efforts Needed to Meet New Targets - WHO
WHO, 7 November 2023
The World Health Organization (WHO) 2023 Global tuberculosis (TB) report underscores a significant worldwide recovery in the scale-up of TB diagnosis and treatment services in… Read more »
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Africa: More Action Needed to Write 'Final Chapter' of TB
UN News, 7 November 2023
Tuberculosis (TB) response is bouncing back from disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, but more effort is needed to end the disease, the World Health Organization (WHO) said… Read more »
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8 November 2023
Global Tuberculosis Report 2023
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The WHO Global Tuberculosis Report 2023 provides a comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of the TB epidemic and of progress in prevention, diagnosis ... see more »
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Africa: Like Covid-19, TB Is a Pandemic and Must Be Treated As an Emergency
The Conversation Africa, 27 February 2022
In 1993, the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared tuberculosis (TB) a global public health emergency. It urged nations to coordinate efforts to avert millions of deaths. Read more »
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The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 10.6 million people fell ill with tuberculosis (TB) in 2021, an increase of 4.5% from 2020, and 1.6 million people died from TB ... Read more »
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According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), Covid-19 vaccination coverage has stagnated in half of African countries, while the number of doses administered monthly declined ... Read more »
