[Comment] Tuberculosis eradication: renewed commitment and global investment required

Despite centuries of scientific endeavour and social struggle, tuberculosis continues to claim more than 1 ·6 million lives each year.1 Tuberculosis has killed and continues to kill more people than any other infectious disease. In The Lancet Infectious Diseases, the GBD Tuberculosis Collaborators2 estimate that 10·2 million (95% uncertainty interval [95% UI] 9·2 million to 11·5 million) individuals developed tuberculosis in 2015. While this estimate represents a modest decline since peaking in the early years of this century, the continued high burden, along with a woefully inadequate response to drug-resistant tuberculosis,1 show a profound failure of public health globally.
Source: The Lancet Infectious Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Tags: Comment Source Type: research