WHO Report: Years of Progress in Global Tuberculosis Upset by COVID-19 Pandemic
Joan Stephenson
Abstract
In 2021, the number of people worldwide who were ill with tuberculosis (TB), including drug-resistant TB, increased after many years of gradual decline—a setback attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic’s effect, according to a new report from the World Health Organization (WHO).
Topics & Concepts
PandemicCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Tuberculosis2019-20 coronavirus outbreakSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)SetbackVirologyMedicineEnvironmental healthPolitical scienceOutbreakInfectious disease (medical specialty)DiseaseLawPathologyTuberculosis Research and Epidemiology