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The withdrawal of U.S. funding for tuberculosis could lead to up to 2.2 million additional deaths between 2025 and 2030 inclusive

2025-09-10
(Press-News.org) The withdrawal of U.S. funding for tuberculosis could lead to up to 2.2 million additional deaths between 2025 and 2030 inclusive, per modelling study across 26 high-burden TB countries.

 

Article URL: https://plos.io/423TG0g

Article Title: A deadly equation: The global toll of US TB funding cuts

Author Countries: Switzerland, United States

Funding: The authors received no specific funding for this work.

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[Press-News.org] The withdrawal of U.S. funding for tuberculosis could lead to up to 2.2 million additional deaths between 2025 and 2030 inclusive