GatesFoundation | New Innovations to Help End Tuberculosis @GatesFoundation | Uploaded March 2023 | Updated October 2024, 23 hours ago.
Each year, about 1.6 million people die from Tuberculosis (TB). That’s even more deaths than from HIV and malaria combined. A disproportionate number of those people live in low- and middle-income countries. There’s only one vaccine for TB, and it’s over 100 years old.

Progress against TB has been slow. But now the world is poised to turn the tide in this fight, thanks to new innovations that may dramatically transform how TB is detected, treated, and prevented.

Watch as Puneet Dewan, Senior Program Officer at the Gates Foundation, reveals some of the most exciting innovations in the R&D pipeline that could transform life for people with TB.

Learn more: gatesfoundation.org/ideas/articles/innovation-in-tuberculosis-and-tb-vaccines-video

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