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From dependence to self-reliance: The future of the global tuberculosis response

Petra Heitkamp, Obioma Chijioke-Akaniro, Madhukar Pai

2025PLoS Medicine7 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

Just as tuberculosis services were recovering after the COVID-19 pandemic disruptions, abrupt funding cuts by G7 nations are putting progress at risk. These trends, while perilous, also reveal a turning point toward a more equitable, resilient, and self-reliant TB response, led by high-burden countries.

Topics & Concepts

TuberculosisPandemicGlobal healthMedicineExtensively drug-resistant tuberculosisCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Economic growthEnvironmental healthVirologyPublic health2019-20 coronavirus outbreakSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Disease EradicationDevelopment economicsMEDLINECoronavirus InfectionsDeveloping countryHealth servicesDeveloped countryPopulationEpidemiologyIntensive care medicineGlobal populationImmunologyMycobacterium tuberculosisBurden of diseaseHealth policyTuberculosis Research and EpidemiologyHealthcare Facilities Design and SustainabilityViral Infections and Outbreaks Research