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On 24 March, the world marks World Tuberculosis Day and WHO invite leaders to invest to end TB and Save lives. Investing in this disease that has devastating health, social and economic impacts on people can find missing cases, reduce mortality and improve productivity. One dollar well invested in TB prevention and care yields more than 40 dollars in return.
In 2020, the number of TB deaths in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region rose for the first time in over a decade, from 77,700 to 83,000. In 2021, WHO estimated that TB has killed more people worldwide than any other infectious disease, except COVID-19. Treatment coverage decreased to 52%, meaning that approximately half of all people with TB were neither diagnosed nor treated.
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First WHO Global Ministerial Conference on Ending Tuberculosis, November 2017
1000 people participated including ministers and leaders from UN agencies, civil society, partners, the private sector...
→New global commitment to end tuberculosis
17 November 2017 | Moscow/Geneva - Today 75 ministers agreed to take urgent action to end tuberculosis (TB) by 2030. The announcement came at the first WHO Global Ministerial Conference on...
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Facts on tuberculosis
Tuberculosis (TB) is caused by bacteria (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) that most often affect the lungs. Tuberculosis is curable and preventable. TB is spread from person to person through the air. When...
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World TB Day 2017 – Unite efforts to leave no one behind
WHO issues ethics guidance to protect rights of TB patients 22 March 2017 | Geneva - New tuberculosis (TB) ethics guidance, launched today by the World Health Organization (WHO), aims to...
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