HIV AND TB

WHO urges South-East Asia region to strengthen multi-sectoral efforts to end TB

According to the Global TB Report 2024 published by the WHO, more than 3.8 million people were initiated on TB treatment in the WHO South-East Asia Region in 2023, the highest ever and nearly 1.3 million more than in the year 2020 impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The estimated percentage of people with TB, missed by the programme, declined to 22 per cent from 44 per cent in 2020.