US EditionAfrica: WHO Sounds Alarm Over Funding Gaps Threatening Global Fight Against Tuberculosis
Despite a 3% drop in TB deaths and 78% treatment coverage in 2024, stagnant funding since 2020 and donor cuts from 2025 risk reversing progress, WHO reports.
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Africa: WHO Sounds Alarm Over Funding Gaps Threatening Global Fight Against Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis (TB) is once again in the global spotlight as the World Health Organization (WHO) warns that years of progress in fighting the deadly disease could be undone by severe funding shortfalls and unequal access to care.
Deletion of aid could undo the positive trend.
The World Health Organization (WHO) indicates moderate success in combating the disease, but warns of a new phase of financial scarcity, which threatens to compromise the eradication goals by 2030. Source of original article: United Nations / Nações Unidas (news.un.org). Photo credit: UN. The content of this article does not necessarily reflect the views or opinion […]
The five main risk factors for tuberculosis are malnutrition, HIV infection, diabetes, smoking and health problems due to alcohol consumption.
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