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Tuberculosis in Tondo, Manila - Ezra Acayan
Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the world’s biggest global health crises. Killing 1.3 million people in 2022, TB is the world’s second deadliest infectious disease after COVID-19.

Obsolete treatments, the lack of an effective vaccine, and the lack of suitable diagnostic tools make it difficult to control the global TB epidemic. In 2022, 7.5 million people across 192 countries and areas were diagnosed with TB.
 
Some gains have been made in recent years; the first new TB drugs in half a century and the trial of a shorter course of treatment for drug-resistant TB. But the harsh reality remains - 10.6 million people fell sick with TB and 410,000 developed multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) in 2022, which is much harder to treat. Only about one-third of people with DR-TB accessed treatment in 2021. The majority go undiagnosed and therefore untreated.

Tuberculosis

Quick facts about tuberculosis

 
Treatment decision algorithms
TACTiC – Test, Avoid, Cure Tuberculosis in Children

TB treatment decision algorithms: promising early data highlight their added value in diagnosing children

Project Update 15 Nov 2024
 
Tuberculosis in Tondo, Manila - Ezra Acayan
TACTiC – Test, Avoid, Cure Tuberculosis in Children

Urgent action needed as governments and donors fail children with tuberculosis

Press Release 15 Oct 2024
 
Mudug shorter TB treatment
TACTiC – Test, Avoid, Cure Tuberculosis in Children

Cross-cutting lessons: results from the TB ALGO PED study

Report 7 Oct 2024
 
An MSF medicine dispenser is dispensing medicine
South Sudan

Action needed on HIV and tuberculosis amid South Sudan’s crises

Press Release 23 Aug 2024
 
Community outreach picture
Zimbabwe

Bringing healthcare to artisanal miners in Zimbabwe

Project Update 9 Jul 2024
 
Paediatric TB Care - Dushanbe
Tajikistan

A timeline of tuberculosis treatment success in Tajikistan

Project Update 19 Jun 2024
 
Doctors Without Borders alarms insufficient response to the rising migrant influx in Darien jungle
Activity Report

Year in Review 2023

Opinion 18 Jun 2024
 
TB-Malnutrition in Leer, Unity State
South Sudan

Malnutrition adds to challenges for people living with HIV and TB in South Sudan

Project Update 3 Jun 2024
 
medicine for the treatment of drug resistant tuberculosis
Tuberculosis

MSF reveals cost of landmark TB clinical trial in push for drug-development cost transparency

Press Release 25 Apr 2024
fieldresearch.msf.org

We produce important research based on our field experience. So far, we have published articles in over 100 peer-reviewed journals. These articles have often changed clinical practice and have been used for humanitarian advocacy. Read all our Tuberculosis-related articles on our dedicated Field Research website.

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Osh project, fighting TB