The state of the regional and national TB responses

Regional TB response

WHO Regional Office for Africa: What is impeding Africa’s TB fight?

India

• France 24: After COVID, India tries to get on top of TB
• India Today: Why India still faces an arduous fight against TB
• The Wire Science: Health Minister says India will end TB by 2025. His Ministry’s report disagrees.
• The Times of India: Can India eliminate TB by 2025: A roadmap for inclusive diagnostics
• The Shillong Times: How to contain India’s TB pandemic
• Scroll.in: Charting the way forward to tackle the twin threats of TB and COVID-19

South Africa

• Spotlight: What should the TB priorities be in the new NSP?
• Spotlight: Analysis: Is SA on course to solve its TB diagnosis problem?
• Spotlight: Opinion: It is time to invest in ending TB in SA
• Health-e News: TB Awareness Month: Why men are driving SA’s epidemic

Pakistan

• The News International: World TB Day and challenges for Pakistan

Nigeria

• Royal News: “Nigeria must mobilize domestic resources to fill tuberculosis gap”
• The Guardian: TB killed 156,000, infected 452,000 Nigerians in 2020
• The Sun Nigeria: Federal Government declares State of Emergency on childhood TB

Namibia

• The Namibian: Namibia reaches 88% TB treatment success

Gambia

• The Voice: Over 85% of TB patients successfully treated in Gambia

Tanzania

• BMC Public Health: Economic burden of tuberculosis in Tanzania: a national survey of costs faced by tuberculosis-affected households
• The Citizen: Joint effort required to increase funding to tackle TB