WHOfs (World Health Organization) Global TB Report augments the grave concern of Stop TB Partnership, further necessitating for increased funding to end TB.

‘WHO's (World Health Organization) Global TB (Tuberculosis) Report augments the grave concern of Stop TB Partnership and thereby necessitates increased focus and funding to save the lives of million TB sufferers.’

For the first time in over a decade (since 2005), TB deaths have amplified drastically due to reduced access to TB care during the pandemic. The death rates have reached as high as 1.5 million worldwide in 2020, an upward trend that is expected to worsen in 2021. 




Tragic Failure of TB
Moreover, among 10 million TB cases in 2020, only 5.8 million were diagnosed and reported, thereby reflecting a 18% decline, back to the level of 2012. The report also states that 16 countries tallied for 93% of this reduction, with 3 Asian countries (India, Indonesia, and the Philippines) being worst affected.
The report henceforth presents a tragic reality of UNHLM (the United Nations High-Level Meeting) failure on TB targets by the end of 2020.
The Stop TB Partnership in accordance with this, also released new data in late September 2021, that illustrates the shortfalls of funding and its devastating influence on efforts to end TB by 2030. This further mandates for almost doubling the funds (than currently available) for TB.
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Source-Medindia