World TB Day 2026 spotlights science-driven push to eliminate tuberculosis

Key facts

• World Health Organization (WHO) reported an estimated 10.6 million people developed TB in 2022, including 1.3 million children.
• WHO recorded 1.3 million TB deaths among HIV-negative individuals and an additional 300,000 deaths among people living with HIV in 2022.
• Approximately 410,000 people developed multidrug-resistant or rifampicin-resistant TB (MDR/RR-TB) in 2022.
• Sustainable Development Goal 3 calls for ending the TB epidemic by 2030.
• WHO’s End TB Strategy targets a 90% reduction in TB deaths and an 80% reduction in TB incidence by 2030 compared with 2015 levels.