- According to the WHO Global TB Report, the world is far from achieving the WHO TB Ending Strategy target of 50% reduction by 2025.
- After two years of Covid-related disruptions, the number of people diagnosed and treated for TB has increased in 2022.
- Between 2015 and 20122, the number of TB cases declined by 8.7%.
- 7.5 million cases of TB are expected to be reported in 2022, the highest number since WHO started global TB surveillance in 1995.
- 7.1 million cases were reported in 2019 while 5.8 million cases were found in 2020 and 6.4 million cases were found in 2021.
- TB is the second leading cause of death from a single infectious agent.
- India, Indonesia and the Philippines collectively accounted for about 60% of the decline in the number of new people diagnosed with TB in 2020 and 2021.
- About 1.30 million people are expected to die from TB in 2022. Covid-related disruptions have led to five lakh more deaths from TB in the three years of 2020-2022.
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