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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

 
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
 
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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
 
Biosafety level 3 laboratory
Ukraine

Against stigma and drug-resistance: five years of treating tuberculosis in Ukraine

Project Update 22 Mar 2024
 
Vaishnavi's mother, Vishakha prepares TB medication
Tuberculosis

MSF launches unprecedented project to tackle under-diagnosed tuberculosis among children

Project Update 18 Mar 2024
 
EndTB clinical trial results
Tuberculosis

Landmark clinical trial redefines multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatment options

Press Release 15 Nov 2023
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