[Comment] Global tuberculosis response off track: urgent priorities to end the world's top infectious killer

00:00 - 11 Dec 2025

Despite progress and advances in diagnostics and treatments, tuberculosis remains the world's leading cause of death from an infectious disease.1,2 The WHO Global Tuberculosis Report 2025 reveals that progress towards the End TB and Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) targets is lagging, with projections showing these goals might not be met until around the middle of the century.1,3 In 2024, an estimated 10·7 million people developed tuberculosis and 1·23 million died, including 160 000 people living with HIV.