we've had a vaccine for over a century but 10 million people get tuberculosis every year and one in 10 die from it if TB is preventable why is it still our most deadly infectious disease well a clear lack of policy Focus as well as funding has slowed down the development of new treatments we have only one licensed vaccine in the world and its Effectiveness can be limited especially for teens and adults even where antibiotics are easily available it can take months and months to finish a course t
hough for most people with TB they can't even access these treatments 80% of cases and deaths affect low to Middle inome countries with more drug resistant strains of the disease emerging we need new research investment and ideas luckily there's been major breakthroughs in new vaccines recently and in 2023 the wh announced plans to set up a new vaccine Council but only with more Global collaboration and funding will we move closer to a future without TB
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