“Africa is one of only two World Health Organization (WHO) regions, alongside Europe, to exceed the first End TB Strategy milestones, recording one of the strongest global recoveries in tuberculosis (TB) control since the COVID-19 pandemic.

The WHO Global Tuberculosis Report 2025 shows that the African region cut TB incidence by about 28% and TB deaths by 46% between 2015 and 2024…

Despite these advances, Africa and south-east Asia accounted for nearly 69% of global TB deaths among HIV-negative people in 2024, and 71% when a patient also has HIV co-infection. An estimated 10.7 million people fell ill with TB in 2024, and 1.23 million died. Of the 30 countries with the highest TB burdens, 17 are in the WHO African Region, including the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria and South Africa.”

From Nature.