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Domestic TB Funding Rises 14% to $5.6 Billion as Global Efforts Show Progress, Says WHO Report.<\/h1>\n

WHO Global Tuberculosis Report 2026 estimates 10.6 million new TB cases and 1.1 million deaths in 2025; calls for stronger investment in diagnosis, treatment and research.<\/h2>\n

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Countries are increasing domestic investments to protect progress against tuberculosis (TB), even as international health financing faces significant challenges, according to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Global Tuberculosis Report 2026 released on Friday.<\/p>\n

The report highlights that domestic funding for TB programmes increased by 14 per cent, reaching US$5.6 billion between 2024 and 2025. This increase has partly offset a decline in international financing of a similar scale, underlining the growing importance of national investments in sustaining essential TB prevention, diagnosis and treatment services.<\/p>\n

According to the report, an estimated 10.6 million people developed tuberculosis in 2025, while approximately 1.1 million people died from the disease. Although the global burden continues to decline, TB remains the leading cause of death from a single infectious agent.<\/p>\n

The report noted that TB deaths have fallen by 35 per cent since 2015, while treatment has saved an estimated 86 million lives since 2000. With this progress, the world has achieved the first mortality milestone of WHO’s End TB Strategy, although five years later than originally planned.<\/p>\n

However, the decline in new infections remains slower than expected. Between 2015 and 2025, the global TB incidence rate decreased by only 14 per cent, significantly below the targeted 50 per cent reduction for 2025.<\/p>\n

WHO calls for stronger domestic investment<\/h4>\n

WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus welcomed the continued decline in TB cases and deaths, particularly amid funding challenges faced by many countries.<\/p>\n

He said several governments had increased allocations from their domestic budgets to protect the progress achieved in recent years. However, he warned that more than one million people continued to die annually from a disease that was both preventable and treatable.<\/p>\n

He urged governments and international partners to expand access to TB services, protect essential funding and accelerate the development of new diagnostic tools, vaccines and treatments.<\/p>\n

30 countries account for 88% of global TB cases<\/h4>\n

The report highlighted significant geographical disparities in the global TB burden. Thirty countries accounted for 88 per cent of all people who developed the disease in 2025.<\/p>\n

Between 2015 and 2025, TB incidence declined by 42 per cent in the WHO European Region and 30 per cent in the African Region. The decline was comparatively slower in South-East Asia at 18 per cent and the Eastern Mediterranean at 6.6 per cent.<\/p>\n

The Western Pacific Region recorded no overall change in incidence, while the Americas witnessed an increase for the fifth consecutive year in 2025, with cases reaching 13 per cent above the 2015 level.<\/p>\n

WHO attributed these differences to variations in risk factors, healthcare infrastructure, access to diagnostic and treatment services and sustained financial investment.<\/p>\n

2.2 million TB cases remain undiagnosed or unreported<\/h4>\n

Despite improvements in healthcare services, significant gaps remain in the timely identification and treatment of TB patients.<\/p>\n

Of the estimated 10.6 million people who developed TB in 2025, only 8.4 million were diagnosed. This left approximately 2.2 million people either undiagnosed or unreported.<\/p>\n

The report also highlighted shortcomings in diagnostic testing. Only 59 per cent of newly diagnosed patients were tested using WHO-recommended rapid diagnostic tests, considerably below the global target of 100 per cent by 2027.<\/p>\n

Drug-resistant TB remains a major challenge<\/h4>\n

Drug-resistant tuberculosis continues to pose a serious public health challenge. An estimated 370,000 people developed rifampicin-resistant TB in 2025, but only 42 per cent received treatment.<\/p>\n

Among those who received treatment, the use of WHO-recommended six-month treatment regimens increased substantially from 18 per cent in 2024 to 42 per cent in 2025.<\/p>\n

WHO stressed the need to improve access to effective treatment and strengthen healthcare systems to address drug-resistant infections.<\/p>\n

TB research funding falls short of global targets<\/h4>\n

The report also expressed concern over inadequate investment in tuberculosis research and development.<\/p>\n

Global research funding stood at approximately US$1.2 billion in 2023, representing less than one-quarter of the annual US$5 billion target set for 2027.<\/p>\n

WHO said significantly greater investment was required to develop and introduce new vaccines, faster diagnostic technologies and more effective treatments.<\/p>\n

Calling for renewed global commitment, the organisation urged governments and development partners to increase sustainable financing, expand preventive services, strengthen rapid diagnosis and ensure effective treatment for all patients.<\/p>\n

The WHO emphasised that substantially faster progress would be essential to put the world back on track towards achieving the goal of ending the global tuberculosis epidemic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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