Overview
- WHO and ECDC report that health services in Europe are failing to find one in five people with TB, while about 23% of new cases resist standard drugs.
- WHO says global TB cases reached a record high in 2024, with the disease causing roughly 1.6 million deaths a year.
- India has begun a 100-day screening push that plans door-to-door checks across about 158,000 villages and outreach to high-risk groups.
- Nigeria faces an estimated 510,000 new cases in 2024, yet only 27% of its TB control budget was funded as multi‑drug resistance remains common.
- CDC data show U.S. cases have climbed each year since 2020, with 10,260 cases provisionally recorded in 2025, a rise linked to latent infections becoming active.