Tuberculosis Cases Are Rising In The UK And Several Groups Are At Risk |
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According to the World Health Organization (WHO), a total of 1.23 million people died from tuberculosis (TB) in 2024 (including 150 000 among people with HIV). Globally, TB is the world’s leading cause of death from a single infectious agent and among the top 10 causes of death.
Additionally, the UK Health Security Agency reported that in England, TB diagnoses increaseds by 13% in 2024 compared with the previous year, to 5480 people.
While in the UK, we are still just about under the WHO threshold for ‘low incidence’ status of the disease, these figures and similar trends in the US are a sign that progress has stalled and we’re no longer on the trajectory for ending TB.
Which is desperately sad as the disease is both curable........