Ten million people could die in 2050 if there are no decisive efforts to contain antibiotic resistance.
- Extraordinary Senior Lecture in the Department of Global Health, Stellenbosch University
The World Health Organization’s latest global report on tuberculosis has good and bad news for African countries.
Seven African countries have managed to reduce TB deaths by a third.
L'Afrique est plus touchée par la résistance aux antimicrobiens, largement alimentée par la pauvreté, mais des signes encourageants montrent que le continent prend des mesures pour la combattre.
Africa bears the heaviest burden of antimicrobial resistance, a phenomenon fuelled largely by poverty, But there are encouraging signs that the continent is taking action to fight it.
Progress in many areas of TB control stalled or reversed mainly because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the recent geo-political situations.
Intensified efforts to obtain funding are urgently required to mitigate and reverse the negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on TB.
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