The UN World Health Organization (WHO) has cautioned that severe funding cuts, particularly by the United States, are threatening decades of progress in the battle against tuberculosis (TB), which remains the world’s deadliest infectious disease.
The health agency warned that essential prevention, testing, and treatment services are collapsing, putting millions at risk.
The hardest-hit regions include Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Western Pacific, where national tuberculosis (TB) programmes depend heavily on international support.