TB deaths in HIV patients increase for first time in 10 years
A patient who has been diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB) looks out from a TB ward at a government hospital in Jalandhar, India. TB remains the leading cause of death among people living with HIV globally.
TB deaths increased for the first time since 2010, an upward trend expected to worsen in 2022
Tuberculosis deaths among people living with HIV has increased for the first time in 10 years with 214,000 such deaths recorded in 2020, a global TB lobby group has said.
As the world marks AIDS Day today December 1, Stop TB Partnership has warned the deaths are likely to increase further in light of underfunding of TB services.
