If solved
TB no longer a public threat
New vaccines, short regimens and routine testing cut TB to a rare disease, far below today's 10 million cases a year.
Open in the interactive tree →A vaccine that protects adults, treatment of four months or less and tests that work at the point of care would let health systems find and cure nearly every case and protect contacts. Elimination also needs stable funding and attention to poverty, crowding and undernutrition.
What it brings
- Drug-resistant TB no longer a growing threat
- Lower health costs in high-burden countries
- Safer care for people with HIV
- A model for eliminating other slow-moving infections