Long Seen As The ‘Pandemic Of The Poor,’ TB Is A Threat To Us All

Forbes March 23, 2025
Peter Sands

Despite being preventable and curable, tuberculosis (TB) remains a persistent health threat across the world. TB is now the number one infectious disease killer worldwide, causing 1.25 million deaths in 2023. As a respiratory infection prone to drug resistance, TB poses a persistent threat to global health security.

Progress against the disease rebounded quickly after the disruptions caused by COVID-19, but recent reductions in development assistance for health pose a serious threat to sustaining this momentum. Many of the most affected countries face significant gaps in funding for tests and treatments. Yet any let-up in the fight against TB will only increase the costs and risks.

TB is an extremely dangerous disease. In 2023, an estimated 10.8 million people fell...

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