What the sources establish
- WHO reports 10.7 million people fell ill with TB in 2024.
- The estimated death toll was 1.23 million.
- Its campaign estimates 83 million lives saved since 2000.
How to read the bigger picture
Cumulative progress can coexist with a large current burden. Trends in diagnosis, treatment access, and prevention are necessary to understand who remains underserved.
What we should keep in view
- Disease burden is estimated, not a complete individual census.
- Cumulative lives saved and annual cases have different denominators.
- This analysis does not provide individual medical advice.
What would change the picture?
- Compare later releases using consistent definitions.
- Check local conditions before applying the global headline.
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