World TB Day: Here's how we can end tuberculosis for good
Mar 23, 2023 · An estimated 1.3 million people died due to TB in 2022, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), while it's estimated that 10.6 million people developed TB (a gap of 3.1 million more than were diagnosed) up from 10.3 million in 2021.
What is tuberculosis and why are deaths rising?
Oct 19, 2021 · This article was first published in October 2021 and updated in March 2022. Deaths from tuberculosis (TB) are rising for the first time in a decade, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). World TB Day on March 24 aims to raise public awareness of the world’s deadliest infectious killers.
5 facts about tuberculosis – a disease that still kills millions
Mar 24, 2016 · Here are 5 fast facts you may not know about the disease: 1. One-third of the world’s population is infected with TB. 2. Almost 10 million people around the world became sick with TB in 2014. 3. In the same year there were 1.5 million TB-related deaths. 4. TB is a leading killer of people who have HIV.
TB prevention and management post-COVID-19 - how to protect …
Mar 2, 2023 · A more integrated approach to TB prevention and management that focuses on scaling up adaptation and mitigation efforts is needed and this is the message of World TB Day on March 24, 2023. Every day, about 4,400 people worldwide die from Tuberculosis (TB) and about 30,000 people become ill from this disease, which is both preventable and curable.
5 of the world’s deadliest infectious diseases - The World …
Apr 9, 2020 · About 10 million people fell ill with tuberculosis (TB) in 2018, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). About 1.5 million died. And even though it’s curable and preventable, it’s still the leading cause of death from a single infectious agent. And it’s in the top 10 causes of death worldwide.
Technology can be used in the fight against tuberculosis
Mar 2, 2022 · Technology and innovation in the fight against TB. However, the good news is that technological innovations and other lessons learned in the fight against COVID-19 can be used as a source of insights in tackling TB, regaining lost ground and pushing to end the globally tuberculosis scourge. Technology in health refers to healthcare practices ...
World leaders commit to new targets to end TB
Sep 28, 2023 · Today, TB remains one of the world’s top infectious killers: annually more than 10 million people fall sick, and over 1 million lose their lives to this preventable and curable disease. Drug-resistant TB continues to be a major contributor to antimicrobial resistance with close to half a million people developing drug-resistant TB every year.
Discover how AI is being used to detect tuberculosis
Sep 26, 2022 · The 2021 Global TB report, however, finds that spending on TB diagnostic, treatment and prevention services fell from $5.8 billion to $5.3 billion, which is less than half of the global target for fully funding the tuberculosis response of $13 billion annually by 2022. The current situation, along with the importance of data, has triggered a ...
How can we eradicate tuberculosis? | World Economic Forum
Sep 1, 2015 · The good news is that the international community seems eager to act. The World Health Organization’s post-2015 Global TB Strategy, which was endorsed by the World Health Assembly in May 2014, aims to eradicate TB by 2035. The Sustainable Development Goals, which will be formally adopted in September by the United Nations’ 193 member states ...
Action to prevent TB deaths needed, and other health stories
Aug 2, 2023 · A joint study by Unitaid, John Hopkins University, and the Aurum Institute suggests that implementing a combined strategy of identifying household contacts and providing TB preventive treatment could save 850,000 lives by 2035. TB is the world's deadliest infectious disease – despite being curable and preventable.