TB elimination investment gap

Updated: 2025.07.28 7M ago 2 sources
The world underinvests in ending tuberculosis despite proven, relatively low-cost tools for diagnosis, treatment adherence, and prevention. — Shapes global health budgeting, development priorities, and equity commitments by quantifying large, preventable mortality with feasible fixes.

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The world left its fight against tuberculosis unfinished — how can we complete the job?
Fiona Spooner 2025.07.28 100% relevant
Article argues known interventions could save 1.2 million lives yearly, with deaths driven by late diagnosis, incomplete long-course treatments, and fixable social determinants.
The end of tuberculosis that wasn’t
Fiona Spooner 2025.06.30 90% relevant
The article shows how premature confidence led the U.S. Congress to stop direct TB program funding in 1972 and how, despite effective tools, deaths later rose globally, underscoring chronic underinvestment and the need to sustain financing to actually end TB.
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