2023-11-12 14:39:38
November 12, 2023
LIBREVILLE, November 12 (Infosplusgabon) – Tuberculosis remains the second deadliest infectious disease following COVID-19, despite the progress made globally. Tuberculosis causes more deaths each year than HIV and malaria combined. It is possible to end TB in our lifetime, but only with increased political will and funding for the development and delivery of new tools.
As part of the run-up to The Union conference taking place November 15-18 in Paris, FIND, IAVI, TB Alliance and Unitaid have issued invitations to a French-speaking TB media awareness session on Tuesday 14 November at the Marriott Champs-Elysées hotel in Paris.
Speakers from co-hosting organizations and the community will help you understand the current global TB situation, the opportunities presented by recent advances, and what remains to be done to make TB eradication a reality. reality.
Remember that the tuberculosis bacteria was discovered for the first time in 1882. For a century and a half, progress made in overcoming the disease has been insufficient. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), in 2022, it was estimated that 10.6 million people contracted tuberculosis worldwide, 5.8 million of them being men, 3, 5 million of them being women and 1.3 million of them being children. Around 1.3 million people died from the disease in 2022.
In the End TB Strategy, WHO set ambitious goals: reduce TB incidence by 80%, reduce TB deaths by 90%, and eliminate catastrophic costs for households affected by tuberculosis by 2030.
The eradication of tuberculosis is finally within our reach. But with only seven years left to reach the 2030 goals, increased political will and funding will be essential to accelerate the development and delivery of the new tests, treatments and vaccines we need to eliminate this deadly disease. So what is left to do to end TB?
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