How Can We End the Tuberculosis Epidemic? Lessons from Around the World

Anyone can get TB. In 2019, an estimated 10 million people contracted TB and more than 1.4 million died. Despite the numbers, we know we can end the TB epidemic. It is a matter of scaling up effective programs, dedicating sufficient resources and mobilizing the political will. This report highlights six locations where communities made impressive progress to significantly reduce TB cases and deaths – from California in the United States to Tomsk, Russia and Karachi, Pakistan.