World TB Day being observed with renewed push to end disease
Summary
World TB Day is observed in Nepal and globally with efforts to eliminate tuberculosis through awareness, treatment, and the National Strategic Plan targeting significant reductions in incidence and mortality by 2025/26 and ending TB by 2035.
Key Points
- World Tuberculosis (TB) Day is being observed in Nepal and worldwide with awareness and renewed commitments to eliminate TB.
- Nepal's National Strategic Plan aims to reduce TB incidence to 81 cases per 100,000 by 2025/26, down from 238 in 2020/21, and end TB by 2035.
- The 2024 theme, "Yes! We can end TB!", promotes optimism and calls for stronger leadership, investment, and new technologies.
- Globally, TB caused 1.23 million deaths and 10.7 million new cases in 2024; Nepal recorded around 67,000 TB cases the same year.
