Tuberculosis
Yes! We can end TB!
"World TB Day highlights the urgency of action. Countries have committed to accelerating the response and ensuring universal access to TB prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. However, progress remains insufficient, and TB continues to disproportionately affect the most vulnerable populations." (PAHO/WHO).
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"Eliminating tuberculosis by 2030 is one of the Sustainable Development Goals, which has become a challenge amidst a pandemic. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically increased awareness of the importance of health for social, economic, and political stability and has accelerated the adoption of innovations in health service delivery, creating unique opportunities to increase the resilience of health systems in the face of current and future crises. It is one of the 30 communicable diseases included in PAHO's Initiative for the Elimination of Diseases in the Americas, a region that has already achieved previous successes in disease elimination."
Tuberculosis and HIV
"Globally, an estimated 10.6 million people became ill with TB, and 1.3 million died from TB; of these, 167,000 were co-infected with HIV. In the Americas, in 2022, 325,000 new TB cases were estimated and 239,987 (74%) were notified, which was 4% more than in 2021. Estimated deaths for the region were 35,000, of which 11,000 corresponded to TB/HIV co-infection." (PAHO/WHO)
