Africa: In Africa, We Finally Have Momentum Against TB. Let's Not Squander It

It is interesting to see, from my vantage point in South Africa , the reaction to the slight rise in tuberculosis cases in the U.S. Overall, TB in the U.S. has declined steadily since the early 1950s. But in the past few years, TB incidence has started to slowly increase. While the percentages seem steep, the overall increase is

This is a stunning set of statistics. Sub-Saharan Africa is making important inroads despite a tremendous burden, while the U.S. shows how turning away from public health allows diseases like TB to chip away at everyone’s prosperity. In Kenya, TB incidence has declined over the past 14 years and deaths are now one-third of what they were in 2010. In Nigeria, since 2018, TB incidence has held steady while TB deaths have declined 38%. The government has intensified efforts to find and treat individual cases before they can spread—In South Africa, TB incidence has steadily declined since 2010, and TB deaths have slowly declined as well after steep drops in 2012 and 2013.

Other promising new TB treatments, diagnostics, and vaccines are on the horizon. The impact of safe, shorter, effective, and cheaper tools to control TB is anticipated to be significant.

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