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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

 
China

People with drug-resistant tuberculosis neglected by governments

Press Release 31 Mar 2009
 
China

MSF halts efforts to open MDR-TB project in Inner Mongolia

Project Update 16 Feb 2009
 
Georgia

Drug resistant-TB patients cured after two years of treatment

Project Update 6 Feb 2009
 
Global

'Top Ten' humanitarian crises reveal growing insecurity, neglected health needs

Press Release 22 Dec 2008
 
Tuberculosis

Cough up for TB

Report 12 Nov 2008
 
Georgia

MSF teams in Georgia and region: concerns about interrupted TB treatment

Project Update 12 Aug 2008
 
Project Update

Call for political courage to shake up medical R&D system

Press Release 28 Apr 2008
 
Sudan

Human suffering in the shadows of Darfur

Project Update 28 Mar 2008
 
Georgia

Interview with a drug-resistant tuberculosis patient

Project Update 25 Mar 2008
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