The World Health Organization (WHO) has released a new report on tuberculosis indicating that approximately 8.2 million new cases of tuberculosis were diagnosed in 2023; the highest number ever recorded since WHO began tracking global tuberculosis in 1995.
This is a notable increase from the 7.5 million cases reported in 2022, and as a result tuberculosis is once again the infectious disease causing the greatest number of deaths in 2023, surpassing COVID-19 .
The Report OMS Global Tuberculosis Report 2024 highlights mixed progress in the global fight against the disease, including persistent challenges such as major underfunding.
While the number of tuberculosis-related deaths has declined from 1.32 million in 2022 to 1.25 million in 2023, the total number of people contracting the disease has increased slightly and is now around 10.8 million. million people in 2023.
The disease disproportionately affects populations in 30 countries with high morbidity rates, India (26%), Indonesia (10%), China (6.8%), the Philippines (6.8%) and Pakistan (6.3%) together accounted for 56% of the global TB burden. According to the report, 55% of people who developed the disease were men, 33% were women and 12% were children or young adolescents.
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