TB in Children Isn't Being Controlled - It's Key to Fighting the Disease for Everyone Else TC_Africa: Africa WorldTBDay
who died in 2021, 240,000 were children. Almost all were undiagnosed before death.
Diagnosing TB in children is difficult for a number of reasons. The most vulnerable children present with non-specific symptoms. Chest x-rays are the textbook way to diagnose TB. But these are not always available in rural settings. There have been numerous studies evaluating New vaccine development for TB has not been a priority. There are 16 candidate vaccines that have reached proof of concept stage based onFunding to meet global targets:aimed to treat 40 million people with TB disease between 2018-2022. This target included 3.5 million children with drug sensitive TB and 115,000 children with drug-resistant TB.. This has mainly been due to the COVID-19. This calls for renewed efforts to funding TB control adequately again..
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