Overview
- Tied to World TB Day on Tuesday, Argentina issued a fifth-edition TB manual after 13 years to tighten diagnosis, treatment and follow-up, with the Americas logging a record 350,000 cases in 2024.
- Peru’s Piura shifted to a moderate alert after 860 cases in 2025, with the regional prison accounting for more than 200 diagnoses and only three GeneXpert machines available for rapid testing.
- In Junín, officials reported 733 cases in 2025, 24 patients with multidrug-resistant TB in care, 61 deaths and 18 inmates currently ill, prompting isolation and mask use inside prisons.
- Mexico’s national respiratory institute (INER) showcased rapid platforms such as GeneXpert and Cobas 5800 that can confirm TB and flag resistance within hours, as the country records about 25,000 new cases each year and IMSS treats roughly 12,000 patients annually.
- Local trends diverged as Mendoza reported a 2025 incidence drop to 6.0 per 100,000 from 7.1, while Baja California moved to third in national rankings for 2025 even as early 2026 federal data still lists it first for contagious pulmonary cases.