{"id":375609,"date":"2026-11-13T17:45:06","date_gmt":"2026-11-13T12:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=375609"},"modified":"2026-11-13T17:45:06","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T12:15:06","slug":"global-tuberculosis-report-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/global-tuberculosis-report-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Tuberculosis Report 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> The WHO Global Tuberculosis Report 2026 recorded a 35% reduction in global TB deaths since 2015, achieving the first milestone of the End TB Strategy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\">About Global Tuberculosis Report 2026<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_375614\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-375614\" style=\"width: 443px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-375614\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Source-WHO.jpg?resize=443%2C121&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Global Tuberculosis Report 2026\" width=\"443\" height=\"121\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Source-WHO.jpg?resize=300%2C82&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Source-WHO.jpg?w=696&amp;ssl=1 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 443px) 100vw, 443px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-375614\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; WHO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>It is an <strong>annual flagship publication<\/strong> that assesses the <strong>global TB burden and progress in its prevention, diagnosis and treatment.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Released by: <\/strong>The report is released <strong>by the World Health Organization (WHO).<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Methodology Used:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Annual Data Collection:<\/strong> The report is based <strong>primarily on data collected by WHO from national ministries of health through annual data collection exercises. <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Global Coverage:<\/strong> In 2026, <strong>187 countries and areas, covering more than 99% of the world&#8217;s population and TB cases,<\/strong> submitted data for the report.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Estimation of TB Burden:<\/strong> The report uses <strong>estimated TB incidence to assess the total number of cases<\/strong> and <strong>compares it with notified cases to identify the gap<\/strong> between estimated and diagnosed cases.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sentinel Survey in India:<\/strong> <strong>India conducted a population-level sentinel survey across 50 representative districts in 2025.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Its findings are being <strong>calibrated by WHO statisticians using the 2020\u201321 survey data as a baseline<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Key Findings:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Global Findings:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Global TB Burden:<\/strong> An <strong>estimated 10.6 million people developed TB in 2025<\/strong>, while <strong>1.13 million people died from the disease.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Progress and Challenges:<\/strong> <strong>Global TB deaths declined by 35% since 2015, achieving the first End TB Strategy<\/strong> <strong>milestone<\/strong> five years late.\n<ul>\n<li>However, <strong>international donor funding fell by 14%.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>India-Specific Findings:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>TB Cases:<\/strong> India accounted for <strong>nearly one-fourth of global TB cases, reporting 25.3 lakh diagnosed cases in 2025,<\/strong> down <strong>from 26.18 lakh in 2024.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Declining Mortality:<\/strong> India <strong>recorded 2.63 lakh TB deaths in 2025, achieving a 38% reduction in mortality since 2015,<\/strong> compared to the <strong>global decline of 35%.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Treatment Success:<\/strong> India <strong>achieved a 94% treatment success rate<\/strong> through interventions under the <strong>National TB Elimination Programme (NTEP).<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Domestic Funding:<\/strong> Around <strong>96% of India&#8217;s national TB programme funding comes from domestic budgetary resources.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The WHO Global Tuberculosis Report 2026 recorded a 35% reduction in global TB deaths since 2015, achieving the first milestone of the End TB Strategy. About Global Tuberculosis Report 2026 It is an annual flagship publication that assesses the global TB burden and progress in its prevention, diagnosis and treatment. Released by: The report&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/global-tuberculosis-report-2026\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Global Tuberculosis Report 2026<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10401,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1305,12039],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-375609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-index-reports-bodies","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10401"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=375609"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375609\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=375609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=375609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=375609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}