The WHO Global Tuberculosis 2021 Report – not so good news and turning the tide back to End TB

• Published in: International journal of infectious diseases Vol. 124; pp. S26 - S29
• Main Authors: Chakaya, Jeremiah, Petersen, Eskild, Nantanda, Rebecca, Mungai, Brenda N., Migliori, Giovanni Battista, Amanullah, Farhana, Lungu, Patrick, Ntoumi, Francine, Kumarasamy, Nagalingeswaran, Maeurer, Markus, Zumla, Alimuddin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Canada Elsevier Ltd 01.11.2022; The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of International Society for Infectious Diseases; Elsevier
• Subjects: COVID-19; COVID-19 - epidemiology; COVID-19 - prevention & control; END TB Strategy; Global Health; Humans; Incidence; MDR/XDR-TB; New tools; Pandemics - prevention & control; Tuberculosis; Tuberculosis, Miliary; WHO 2021 Global TB Report; COVID-19; MDR/XDR-TB; WHO 2021 Global TB Report; Tuberculosis; END TB Strategy; New tools

•Tuberculosis remains a major global public health threat.•The End TB Strategy and United Nations targets for TB are all off track.•The COVID-19 pandemic aggravated an already sub-optimal global TB response.•Achieving TB targets will require optimized use of existing tools and new tools.•Social dete...