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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

 
Tuberculosis

Meet the first MSF patient to have recovered from XDR-TB

Project Update 23 Dec 2010
 
HIV/AIDS

Denied funding puts HIV patients in low-income countries at risk of death

Project Update 8 Dec 2010
 
Malawi

Health workers, government and civil society at joint MOH and MSF conference address health professional gaps in Malawi

Project Update 6 Dec 2010
 
Uzbekistan

You can see tuberculosis in Uzbekistan in a heartbeat

Project Update 24 Sep 2010
 
India

Surviving TB - before and after in India

Project Update 21 Apr 2010
 
Ethiopia

Improving care for TB patients, Wardher, Somali Region, Ethiopia

Project Update 25 Mar 2010
 
Armenia

Social workers and psychologists vital in helping DR TB patients through treatment

Project Update 24 Mar 2010
 
Turkmenistan

MSF stops activities in Turkmenistan

Press Release 17 Dec 2009
 
Eswatini

TB and HIV/AIDS in Swaziland

Project Update 28 Oct 2009
fieldresearch.msf.org

We produce important research based on our field experience. So far, we have published articles in over 100 peer-reviewed journals. These articles have often changed clinical practice and have been used for humanitarian advocacy. Read all our Tuberculosis-related articles on our dedicated Field Research website.

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Osh project, fighting TB