WHO Recommends New TB Tests to Help End Tuberculosis
Even with gains in recent decades, TB remains among the deadliest infectious diseases, claiming thousands of lives every day. Global efforts since 2000 are estimated to have saved 83 million lives. Yet ongoing cuts to international health funding...
In a bid to accelerate the fight against tuberculosis, the World Health Organization is urging countries to expand access to new, low-cost diagnostic tools that deliver rapid, point-of-care results. The push centers on innovations such as portable tests that return findings in under an hour and tongue swab sampling to enable earlier detection—approaches designed to widen coverage, cut expenses, and reach people at highest risk.
WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said these advances have the potential to reshape TB control by moving fast, accurate diagnosis closer to communities, saving lives, slowing transmission, and lowering costs.
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Even with gains in recent decades, TB remains among the deadliest infectious diseases, claiming thousands of lives every day. Global efforts since 2000 are estimated to have saved 83 million lives. Yet ongoing cuts to international health funding threaten to erode that progress.