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  • Global TB Treatment Outcomes

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    • Analyze and interpret global tuberculosis (TB) treatment outcomes.
    • Understand the implications of these outcomes on TB control and management strategies worldwide.
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  • Globally, an 86% treatment success rate is reported in people treated for TB with first-line regimens in 2019.
  • The figure below showcases the treatment outcomes for new and relapse TB cases as of 2019 (the latest annual patient cohort for which data are available).
  • Data for people who started treatment in 2020, which will become available in 2021, will be needed to assess the impact of disruptions related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Figure: Treatment Outcomes for New and Relapse TB Cases Globally, 2012-2019; Source: Global TB Report, 2021, p19.

 

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