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The TB epidemic in Africa is worse then on any other continent. Africa, is home to 11% of the world’s population but carries 29% of the global burden of TB cases and 34% of TB related deaths.
The challenges of controlling the disease in the region have never been greater. Though the recent growth of the TB epidemic in Africa is due to several factors, the most important is the HIV epidemic.
Other major problems relating to TB control in Africa include poor access to TB and HIV testing and treatment facilities, limited health education, high levels of social stigma associated with TB, and the emergence of drug resistant strains of TB.
The ability of African health care systems to respond to, manage, and contain the growing number of cases of TB is constrained by limited funding, facilities, personnel, drug supplies, and laboratory capacity.
In Afrcia, Target TB works with local partners in:
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Between 1990 and 2010 new cases of TB in Africa more than doubled to over 2.8 million people per year.
Of the 15 countries with the highest global TB incidence, 12 are in Africa.
Africa accounts for 79% of the world’s TB/HIV co-infections and TB is the most common cause of death for people living with HIV in the region.
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