Today is #WorldTuberculosisDay!
We are not on track to meet the @WHO #target to reduce #TB deaths by 95% from 2015 to 2035. ⛔️
At current trends, the target will only be reached in 2063.
#TB caused 1⃣.0⃣1⃣ to 1⃣.0⃣8⃣ million people to die in 2023/2024👎 (#GBDstudy, WHO).
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#GlobalHealth #GlobalGoals #SDGs #SDG3 #2030Agenda @UN @IHME_UW #EndTuberculosis #EndTB @StopTB #tuberculosis #WorldTBday
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#FundingCuts may worsen the #trend📈 and could result in up to 2.2 million cumulative additional #deaths from 2025 to 2030👎 (Mandal et al. 2025).
Sources:
https://vizhub.healthdata.org/gbd-results?params=gbd-api-2023-permalink/93453379f2098beba7384b8930ee894c
https://www.who.int/teams/global-programme-on-tuberculosis-and-lung-health/tb-reports/global-tuberculosis-report-2025/tb-disease-burden/1-2-tb-mortality
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(25)00232-3/fulltext
https://journals.plos.org/globalpublichealth/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgph.0004899
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