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Overview
The World Health Organization (WHO) has released its Global Tuberculosis Report 2025, revealing that tuberculosis (TB) continues to be one of the leading infectious causes of death worldwide. In the past year alone, the disease claimed more than 1.2 million lives and affected approximately 10.7 million people. While progress has been made in areas such as diagnosis, treatment, and innovation, ongoing gaps in funding and unequal access to care risk undermining the achievements made in the global effort to end TB.
Key facts
Global progress and success stories
- Between 2023 and 2024, the global rate of people falling ill with TB declined by…