World TB Day is marked every year on March 24, to raise awareness of tuberculosis (TB) and of what it takes to find, treat and prevent this devastating disease. CDC's note for 2020:
In the United States
- 8,920 TB cases were provisionally reported in 2019 — an incidence of 2.7 per 100,000 people.
- That was 1.1% fewer than the 9,021 cases of 2018, and the lowest number since reporting began in 1953.
- Diagnosing and treating latent TB infection more widely remains essential to eliminating TB in the country.
Worldwide, 2018
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| People with new TB | about 10 million — down 2% from 2017 |
| TB-related deaths | about 1.5 million — down 5% |
| Cases reported to WHO | 70% of the estimated total — up 9.4% from 2017 |
| Reported cases among people with HIV | about 862,000 |
| People with HIV starting TB preventive treatment (TPT) | 1.8 million — up 88% from 2017 |
TB preventive treatment has been shown to reduce illness and death among people with HIV, but it has progressed less among children under 5. Putting effective strategies, TPT among them, fully into practice is crucial to reaching global targets.
CDC works with partners to diagnose, treat and prevent TB at home and abroad. More: CDC's World TB Day page and its global HIV and TB page.
Sources
Based on "World TB Day — March 24, 2020," MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, volume 69, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, citing Schwartz et al., "Tuberculosis—United States, 2019," and MacNeil et al., "Global epidemiology of tuberculosis and progress toward meeting global targets—worldwide, 2018"; a work of the United States government in the public domain.
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