Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the world’s biggest global health crises. Killing 1.5 million people in 2020, TB is the world’s second deadliest infectious disease after COVID-19 (WHO).

Obsolete treatments, the lack of an effective vaccine, and the lack of suitable diagnostic tools make it difficult to control the global TB epidemic.

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 (DR-TB). But the harsh reality remains - 10 million people fell sick with TB in 2020 and nearly half a million developed DR-TB, which is much harder to treat. Only about one-third of people with DR-TB accessed treatment in 2020. The majority go undiagnosed and therefore untreated.

IN 2021

Quick facts about Tuberculosis

 
MSF, Doctors Without Borders, Eswatini vaccination campaign
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

Tackling COVID-19 vaccination barriers in hard-to-reach areas of Eswatini

Latest News 4 Feb 2022
 
MSF, Doctors Without Borders, time to fix for South Africa's is now
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

Thousands are dying and suffering because they can’t access patented medicines

Press Release 9 Nov 2021
 
Tuberculosis

MSF warns of deadly TB testing gap following release of WHO Global TB Report 2021

Press Release 14 Oct 2021
 
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Tuberculosis

Preventing a never-ending cycle of drug-resistant TB: Sister Ivy Apolisi

Speech 16 Jun 2021
 
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Tuberculosis

Governments off track on providing tools to prevent TB, the second biggest infectious disease killer after COVID-19

Press Release 15 Jun 2021
 
Patient Sibongile Xesha's medication at the Town 2 City in Western Cape, South Africa
Drug-resistant TB

Global Drive to Scale Up TB Prevention: Remarks to be Shared by Sister Ivy Apolisi from the MSF Khayelitsha Project

Latest News 10 Jun 2021