TB epidemiology

Articles present the current epidemiological situation of TB in different countries:

• TB cases in England hit lowest ever levels

• TB cases in Hungary down to 10 in 100,000

• Uganda scales up TB diagnosis, treatment to reduce incidence

• Brunei needs to step up efforts to fight TB: minister

• 18 Nigerians die of TB, 47 new cases found, every hour

-- See also: Nigeria’s TB burden
                  Health minister, experts decry rising cases of TB in Nigeria

• 12,000 Vietnamese die from TB each year: report

• Number of TB patients on the rise in Nepal

• What more can Singapore do to eradicate tuberculosis?

• Ethiopia’s effort in fighting against TB is progressing: TB still predominates in the younger population

• TB infects 30,000 Moroccans each year, mostly in major cities

• Mortality rate caused by TB decreases in Azerbaijan

• More than 8 000 TB patients in Namibia in 2018