Overview
- Marking Tuesday's World TB Day, officials reported 16,445 tuberculosis cases in 2025, extending a five‑year climb in notifications.
- The Health Ministry released new national guidance, the first update since 2013, to tighten diagnosis, treatment, and follow‑up of patients and contacts.
- Cases cluster in Buenos Aires and the City of Buenos Aires with 66.1% of reports, while Salta shows the highest incidence at 60.5 per 100,000 residents.
- Specialists urge wider use of rapid molecular tests such as GeneXpert to confirm disease in under two hours and spot rifampicin resistance, and they press for steady supplies of first‑ and second‑line drugs.
- Experts also call to restore national program coordination, keep BCG vaccination on track for newborns, and focus outreach on 15–44 year‑olds who now account for most diagnoses.