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Global Tuberculosis Report 2016
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December 31, 2016

Global Tuberculosis Report 2016

WHO has published a global TB report every year since 1997. The main aim of the report is to provide a comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of the TB epidemic, and of progress in prevention, diagnosis and treatment of the disease at global, regional and country levels. This is done in the context of recommended global TB strategies and targets endorsed by WHO’s Member States and broader development goals set by the United Nations.

Full Report Executive Summary Infographic Facts Annex 1: Access to the WHO global TB database Annex 2: Country profiles Annex 3: Regional profiles Annex 4: TB burden estimates, notifications and treatment outcomes for individual countries and territories, WHO regions and the Technical appendix: Methods to estimate the global burden of TB disease (available online only) Technical appendix: Methods to estimate eligibility for latent TB infection treatment (available online only)

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for 2030 were adopted by the United Nations in 2015. One of the targets is to end the global TB epidemic. The WHO End TB Strategy, approved by the World Health Assembly in 2014, calls for a 90% reduction in TB deaths and an 80% reduction in the TB incidence rate by 2030, compared with 2015. 

This global TB report is the first to be produced in the era of the SDGs and the End TB Strategy. It provides an assessment of the TB epidemic and progress in TB diagnosis, treatment and prevention efforts, as well as an overview of TB-specific financing and research. It also discusses the broader agenda of universal health coverage, social protection and other SDGs that have an impact on health. Data were available for 202 countries and territories that account for over 99% of the world’s population and TB cases.

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