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Global tuberculosis cases reached an all-time high in 2023, with nearly 11 million people estimated to have become sick with the disease last year. ... Global Tuberculosis Report 2024, roughly 10. ...
The Global Plan to End TB, 2023-2030 [6] is a plan for ending TB as a public health challenge by 2030. It is produced by the Stop TB partnership and provides a blueprint of priority actions required and a detailed estimate of financial resources needed to end TB.
In 2023, the U.S. contributed 12.9 billion USD towards global health activities across several health verticals including HIV, Tuberculosis, Malaria and COVID-19. [3] In 2024, total U.S. global health funding through regular appropriations reached approximately $12.3 billion in FY 2024, up from $5.4 billion in FY 2006. [4]
In 2023, tuberculosis overtook COVID-19 as the leading cause of infectious disease-related deaths globally, according to a World Health Organization. [185] Around 8.2 million people were newly diagnosed with TB last year, allowing them access to treatment—a record high since WHO’s tracking began in 1995 and an increase from 7.5 million ...
In 2023, the bacteria killed 1.25 million people globally and infected 8 million, the highest count since the World Health Organization started keeping track. While tuberculosis was a much bigger danger in the U.S. in earlier generations, it has been trending back up in recent years.
Venlo, the Netherlands, Oct. 07, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Thousands of healthcare professionals, advocates, and public policymakers from over 170 countries are set to participate from October 8-11 in the annual Global TB Summit, sponsored by QIAGEN, as the world confronts the resurgence of tuberculosis as one of the deadliest infectious diseases.
The Global Fund’s investments have reduced deaths from HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria by 61% since 2002, saving 65 million lives. [27] Recent efforts include lowering the cost of key treatments for drug-resistant TB by 55% and first-line HIV medications by 25%, while introducing a more effective insecticide-treated mosquito net. [28]
A study found that 9.4% of global deaths between 2000 and 2019 – ~5 million annually – can be attributed to extreme temperature with cold-related ones making up the larger share and decreasing and heat-related ones making up ~0.91% and increasing. Incidences of heart attacks, cardiac arrests and strokes increase under such conditions.