Tuberculosis Deaths On Rise Again Globally Due To Covid: WHO
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The setback has erased years of progress toward tackling the curable disease, which affects millions of people worldwide.
Tuberculosis is on the rise again globally for the first time in a decade, linked to disruptions in access to healthcare because of the Covid pandemic, the World Health Orgnization said Thursday.
The setback has erased years of progress toward tackling the curable disease, which affects millions of people worldwide.
"This is alarming news that must serve as a global wake-up call to the urgent need for investments and innovation to close the gaps in diagnosis, treatment and care for the millions of people affected by this ancient but preventable and treatable disease," WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a statement.
In its annual TB report for 2020, the WHO said progress toward eradicating the disease has been made worse thanks to a growing number of cases going undiagnosed and untreated.
