The U.S. government and global tuberculosis

The Kaiser Family Foundation released an updated factsheet outlining the global TB burden and the U.S. government response to the global TB epidemic, which includes an analysis on U.S. government funding for bilateral TB programs. The fiscal year 2016 request for the USAID TB program includes a 19 percent cut over the fiscal year 2015 level. If approved by Congress, it is will be the lowest level of funding since 2009.