- The World Health Organization released the Global TB Report 2022 on October 27 this year.
- Over 10.6 million people fell ill because of tuberculosis in 2021. This is a 4.5 per cent increase when compared with 2020 figures.
- 6 million people have lost their lives to tuberculosis. Of these, 187,000 are HIV patients.
- The burden of drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) has risen by 3 per cent between 2020 and 2021. Last year, 450 000 new cases of rifampicin-resistant TB (RR-TB) were recorded.
- COVID-19 pandemic and the on-going conflicts in Eastern Europe, Africa and the Middle East are disrupting TB responses across the world. This is exacerbating the situation further.
- Due to challenges related to accessibility to essential TB services, many people with tuberculosis have not been diagnosed and treated.
- According to the report, the number of reported cases of TB fell from 7.1 million in 2019 to 5.8 million in 2020. The situation improved in 2021, with 6.4 million people reporting TB.
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